After having my UFO25s for nearly a year, I'm finally ready to start looking for a pre-amp to bring things up a level.
I read a previous thread where someone was asking about pre-amp pairings, and it seemed like the major recommendations were
1. EMIA Remote Autoformer
2. Some form of Decware CSP or other decware pre-amp
The EMIA is intriguing, but quite expensive, and seems pretty difficult to find on the used market. And while I would love to have a Decware CSP or other pre, I'm unwilling to wait two years for a new one, and they are also very hard to come across used.
So, I would like to ask for further recommendations anyone might have. I don't have any hard requirements, other than at least 2 inputs (for DAC and phono pre).
XLR would be nice so I can run the UFO25s in balanced mono but is not a requirement (unless someone has strong feelings about the benefits of running balanced mono vs not?)
Remote volume control, similarly, would be nice but not a requirement.
Otherwise, very open to any pre-amp that will sound great in front of my UFO25s and is preferably not too difficult to obtain on the used market