No love for Rogue RP 7 or RP 9? I have the RP 9 and very happy with it. It’s half the price of your budget ... or half way between a bare wire and the budget you have.
At least in a single ended system, the Art Audio Conductor is pretty great. I replaced a PS Audio BHK with it and it was a noteworthy step up. Not sure if it is the best under $15K but is fabulous and a good value at $8500.
I am sure in a balanced system the BHK would be better, single ended though...
I am with @roberjerman--I bought an SP-6 for less than $1000.00 recently and it is awesome.
Of course, the new Audio Research stuff may be better, but you will pay a lot more for them. I would certainly audition one in my system. They started out with the best of the best pre-amps back in the 1970's, and continue to produce better pre-amps than most.
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