Preamp for Vandersteen 2ce sig w/ Mccormack DNA0.5

Try a PSE HL-1 for a budget Pre. It's excellent and has some very usefull features. Also, it's a hybrid with a few tubes so you get the benefit of tube swapping if you want to.

I had this same combination for years with a tubed Conrad Johnson pre-amp. It sounded great.

I would consider a tube pre. a rogue 66, audio research ls2, sonic frontiers, are just a few of the ones that come to mind under $1000.

Any particular reason why you are looking at Solid State? The McCormack mates really well with tubed preamps.

Search - there's lots of responses to this one already.

Bob

It would be helpful to know your budget. If you have less than $1000 to spend, you should consider the Adcom GFP-750 and the Marsh P-2000, both of which offer very good value for the money. If you have up to $1500 for a used unit, then your choices expand substantially, and I'm sure other members of the forum will have some good suggestions.

Placette passive is a good match at around $650-$750 used.

Dave