In my limited experience I found using my Accuphase E450 as a pre with the Snappers just resulted in it all sounding *Accuphase*, not a bad thing in itself, but a waste of the beautiful Snappers imho. On the other hand, any of the Manley range would fit perfectly, but my own rather left field preference is a relatively inexpensive UK pre, the Croft Micro 25R, nothing much to look at, but divine sound! And a wonderful mm phono stage built in if you're a vinyl spinner. But whatever you try, my own recommendation would be keep it tubes all the way
