I'm a long time tube pre guy and willing to give it a shot with a SS pre. Budget up to $4k. I heard not such great things on Pass preamps such as xp-10 and previous models. How is the match with Ayre k-1xe ? Any other ideas. Thanks in advance to all repliers.
Indeed that's out of pure curiosity. I'm currently with a First Sound presence tube pre which is RCA only and (forgot to mention) i'm willing to go XLR with the Pass.
Coming from tubes, looking for a solid state preamp, about the only one that I can think of that may sound good enough is a Klyne 7LX5.0. You may be able to find a used one with balanced ins & outs for under $4K, but you'll have to be patient, Klyne's don't come up used often.
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