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Originally Posted by Volks

Last night i was able to hear both the C500/500T and the C1000/1000T side by side with the XR100's. I loved the ability to demo these 2 amazing preamps and we had so much fun.In the end i feel that i will be very happy with either model, but i must admit that i felt the C1000 did sound more open/natural and transparent, but there were times when i was wondering if i am just hearing some kind of "placebo" effect.

On certain tracks when we switched from the C500T to the C1000T i could hear a diff, but when switching back to the C500.......the diff seemed so very, very little......confusing at times even......i was really hoping that i would be able to easily pick a "Fav", but i honestly cannot.............however like i said i will be happy with either model...............just wish the C500 had that damm beautiful metal remote lol

Based on what you wrote here, the placebo effect is not in play. If anything you are trying to sell yourself on the 500.