Having come up the ladder,my advice: ALL Audio research 9 & lower;as well as CJ 7 and lower: gar BAR je.I started with those.Because of their famous names,they have great resale. My next step was Encore 2010. 10X's the music.There is one in used for 12 or so.Hey,the advice is free;happy hunting.
preamp/system help
i am recently back into hifi again. my new system (bought used from audiongon and am very happy with transactions) consists of just 2 hafler 9180s biamping NHT 2.5is being run straight off of my cal 15. having only 1k left to spend what would be my best uprade. preamp? tube? ss? there are so many in this price range. AR; sonic frontiers; morrison; vanderstine; cj; wow......help. if something else would help my system more than a preamp please let me know. i do still have my NAD 3020 that could function as a preamp. thanks!