I've now made the decision to sell my wonderful Rogue RP-5 (listed here at AG). I'm now looking at either a Benchmark LA4 or PS Audio BHK preamp. I will need balanced connections for a future amp purchase. I was considering hooking a mytek dac as a preamp, however, after much research, I think a dedicated active pre is still what I want.
The LA4 looks interesting from a quietness point of view. The BHK looks interesting from still having tubes at input stage, however, a world class volume control. Plus the tubes in the BHK are really easy to access for tube rolling (that is main reason I am not going to move up to an RP-7).
The LA4 looks interesting from a quietness point of view. The BHK looks interesting from still having tubes at input stage, however, a world class volume control. Plus the tubes in the BHK are really easy to access for tube rolling (that is main reason I am not going to move up to an RP-7).