bel canto pre amps are exceedingly good . john roberts has one at an excellent price . they have superb remotes , good dealer back up for repairs and last for years . i have 2 of the bc pre amps [ keep one for spare ] i have just upgraded it with a custom cables dc3 which has given it even more weight . it has xlr outputs so in the can use with active atc . having a separate psu lifts its performance
DC3 info
custom HiFi Cables to the rescue! We have specially developed a very low-noise DC power supply, which is FULLY LINEAR and NOT a switched-mode supply. Switched mode supplies work by turning a high voltage on and off very quickly to simulate a lower voltage, this puts a large amount of high frequency noise into the output current. This is fine for PCs and laptops, but rubbish for hi-fi use, you can hear the loss of sound quality when you compare one to our linear PSUs! Our fully linear supply uses no high-frequency control whatsoever, instead we dissipate excess energy as a very small amount of harmless heat (usually only a few degrees above room temperature).
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=193527839002
http://www.custom-hifi-cables.co.uk/home/power-supplies/dc3-power-supply
one would need a cable and a connector to do this psu , but you can get vbs1 sometimes on the forums
https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/143865-bel-canto/
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sugden are much more expensive and the remotes are no where near as good . but worth looking at
a slightly different pre amp on a level with the bel canto pre 3vbs is the mfa classic v2 . but no remote [ can be retrofitted]
https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/to...passive-pre-amp/?tab=comments#comment-2603923
