Tube Pre-Amp with Low Gain

Jax2,

Any Blue Circle preamp that has the Shallco stepped attenuator has a gain switch (internal). On the BC3/BC3000, the high gain position gives you 23.5db, and I believe the low gain position gives you 11db.

(note: I'm a Blue Circle dealer)

The Canary CA-800 and CA-880 both give 9 db. I can vouch for the quality of Canary products overall - I use their 801 preamp and 339 amps. Both are terrific.

The deHavilland UltraVerve at 12db is an excellent one to check out. It did wonders for my system.

Cheers

I believe the ARC SP-16 has about 12 db.

The old Audible Illusions L-1 linestage has dual adjustable gain controls (knobs on the front)in addition to the volume control. Nice tube pre that utilizes two 6922 tubes. They go for around $500-600 on A'gon.

Regards,