I have a little dilema... I will be using 75' of balanced cables to connect my AVP to my power amps at the speakers, and I want to put my turntable close to the amps/speakers. I have a little Art phono amp, but the distance is too long to run an unbalance cable to the Yamaha cxa5100. I think the solution is to find a preamp with balanced outs to run balanced back to the Yamaha...this will also give me a re ote controlled volume for adjusting the volume after I sit down. I am having a hard time figuring out what to get as the high end units that I can afford are old enough to need new caps, etc., and the newer units are way over budget. I would like to spend around $500 for a preamp, and would like a small one like the Quad or Naim preamps. Doesn't have to be, but I do like the small footprint, plus I only need 2 inputs...one for phone, and one just in case I need to hook up another source temporarily.
Any suggestions, on what would work for me? I could go a little higher on the budget, but I would lime to keep it as inexpensive as possible, and sound as good as I can get it. The Art phono is good, but I know it is not that great (it is better than the phono stage in the cxa5100 though).
Any suggestions, on what would work for me? I could go a little higher on the budget, but I would lime to keep it as inexpensive as possible, and sound as good as I can get it. The Art phono is good, but I know it is not that great (it is better than the phono stage in the cxa5100 though).