Best Used Tube Preamp (under $750)?

OLDER CONRAD JOHNSON PV5. EXCELENT AND A NICE PHONO STAGE... (JUST IN CASE). CAN FIND THEM FOR $650.00 OR SO.

I have owned many of the CJ PV series and think they all have their merits. In your pricerange the PV-10 is a great performer. The sonic equal to the PV-10 and the better of many others is the Van Alstine Super Pas 4i Buffered. Don't let all the hype sway you...this pre is a killer. You can have a new one for your budget and live happily ever after. A tube phono section to boot. Go to AVAHIFI.com and take a look. Best time you will spend today on this subject.

I agree with Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 or SFL-1 Signature-- used one myself for several years. The single tube makes tube rolling inexpensive. Luck. Craig

Anthem with NOS tubes is nice.

I have a Rogue 66 with NOS Mullard CV-4003 from Upscale Audio. It made a huge improvement to my system. Very detailed, textured and dynamic. I directly compared it (with stock tubes) to the CJ PV-10a and the Rogue trounced the CJ. I also compared it to a BAT 3Ki which was close, the BAT being darker with a potentially better bottom end. The BAT also starts at $2000. I also had an Audio Research LS-15 in the system on loan which may have been 10% better than the stock Rogue. The tube roll, for a $100, probably made a 25% difference - it now sounds pretty close to an AR LS-25 I heard (which was awesome). With the 66 you have to choose between a bitchin' metal remote or a phono stage. I took the remote, but now want phono, so I may upgrade to the 99. I hear Stereophile just gave it Class "B" in the new issue, FWIW. I'd get a 66 and spend another hundred on a tube roll and you have a great preamp!