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Best Preamp under 10K
Best value: Blue Circle BC 3, competes with CAT Best preamps: BC 3.1 ($4650) and BC 3000 ($6250) 
PowerSnake Owners Unite!
Powersnakes are truly lovely but in my system the Black Mambas made everything sound too precious. Eighteenth century orchestras sounded like Mantovani. Good Mantovani but Mantovani nonetheless. Electraglide Fat Boy Golds transformed by my system ... 
Which is the best single-ended tube amp
Blue Circle BC 2000 hybrid (tube/ss) monoblocks. The best of all worlds in two wonderfully weird upright boxes. 
What's the best line stage tube ?
Blue Circle BC 3, 3.1, and 3000. 
Best loudspeaker on the 3k range???
Spendor SP 1/2's, hands down. 
Naim Nait 3r or Linn Majik
DO NOT buy a Linn Majik without hearing the Naim! Also, there's a new Nait 5 due out any day. The Nait is a fabulous little amp, a cut above the Linn to my ears, as is the Bryston B-60, a third candidate you should hear. The B-60 may be the best o...