I’ve owned a lot of preamps
aesthetix preamp is a commonly hyped pre here but I’ve had and not nearly as good as I’d hoped. Very limited in resolution. Decent but not next level.
arc ls28se is wonderful and getting rid of it was one of the biggest downgrades to my system I’ve ever done and ive sold off some very expensive gear.
wells audio commander is what o have now. It is very good for the money. If I could combine the pros of the ls28se and the commander I’d be extremely happy. The ls28se size of imaging, super saturated sound, extremely precise non moving around imaging, extremely effortless detail like no other gear I’ve experienced and beautiful black background. Commander has the speed and resolution that isn’t as obvious as the ls28se but it’s there. It has wonderful musicality. Resolution is important to me and I don’t mean fake tilted highs I mean straight up transparency that is worthy of ultra high end gear. Only these two have got me there

