I'd go with the C2300 here. I enjoyed my audition of the C47 but you've already got a very find DAC, and the C2300 is a fabulous preamp. Dan's characterization above is spot-on. It's a rare combination of hear-through transparency and tonal beauty that provides for a musical experience that is intoxicating, even long-term (I have the C22, which is either a re-boxed or re-boxed and tweaked 2300). Go with the tubes, say I.
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