Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time?

VTL TL 5.5 soooooo sweeeeeet. Full body and great soundstage. A must see before buying anything else. It blows away pre amps twice the price.

Audible Illusions 3A or if you prefer less warmth the L1. A friend has a Marantz 7C that he claims is tops. It has had the usual maintenance plus a rebuilt (rewound) power transformer and also the addition of a custom designed volume pot that maintains the soundstage and detail as the volume drops. My personal favorite is the L1. I withdraw the Pas3x in favor of these.

I agree with Dekay on the Audible Illusions 3A. I have had mine for about 5 years and have no desire to replace it. I play a lot of LP's and I love it's phono stage.

Sonic Frontier Line 3 with micro-matched tubes. Canary CA 801.

I "voted" for Marantz 9 (or 8b) amp, i'll vote for Marantz 7 pre-amp!