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What pre in the $500 pre owned market

I just picked up a Pass Aleph 60. I am looking for a pre owned pre amp to go with this amp, My system is as follows.

Audio Note CDT-1
Mccormack DAC-1 /w upgrades
Jupiter speakers. http://www.jupiter-audio.com/pages/europa.html
I also have xm hooked to this system through a separate DAC.
I am thinking about a quicksilver linestage.
Also thinking about a mccormack tlc 1 pre.
Not real high end but it suites my needs.
Any other pre amps I might want to consider?
Like I stated I am looking in the $500 rage , pre owned.
I also have a NAD C 541i HDCD Player hooked up so the wife can listen to her CD-R as I do not want her playing them on the Audio Note.

Thanks Brian
skiezo
rockadanny
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Last Mapletree pre used I saw went for $4xx. Very well worth it.
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sufentanil
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Consider Coda, McCormack TLC, Rotel.

You might find a Marsh P2000t for that or a little more (disclaimer: I have mine for sale).

For a little over $600, if you can stretch your budget, you could get a Musical Fidelity A3cr which would be a notch above the ones I mentioned above.

Michael
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stanwal
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The Creek passive, OBH 22 I think, that goes for $495 new will beat about any active under $3K IF passive works in your system.
tobias
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Boy, that's a pickle. You have a great amp but no preamp and thus no music. On top of that you have only $500 for a preamp for your great amp. So you can choose between limiting your great amp with a preamp that is not at the amp's level, or else no music. Shucks.

I don't know what I would do myself. If I played vinyl I'd maybe save a bit more while I looked for an older Klyne. I've (rarely) seen SK-5As for under $800.
rleff
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I would take a look at the vincent sa-31,Audible Illusions 2A,and Belles 20A for tubes and second the Klyne for solid state.
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