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Originally Posted by jeffkad
Prepress, I've been on and off considering a standalone preamp (as opposed to going for an upscale prepro), and there are a lot of great options out there in your price range, especially "swiss knife" types like the Mac C48/50. To that end, I'd heartily suggest the $5k Classe CP-800, which has gotten spectacular reviews. It's an excellent preamp, but it also has a great DAC, supposedly incredible asynch USB to DAC implementation for PC-sourced audio, and has sub out, crossover/bass mgmt, EQ, tone controls, etc. Google the reviews.
Jeff
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Jeff
I just browsed the review of the Classe CP-800 in the September '12 issue of Sterephile.
This sound like a very capable and interesting pre-amp and at a surprisingly low(?) price of $5k.
I do like the Classe design too.
Jim