In article 2004071412142543658%giles117@nospameritechnet,
Asisde from costing about 300 bucks more than the 2 you mentionedI, it
is an awesome piece. Warm fat, etcc.. all the normal cliche's

I wouldn't go that far. But basically, now that the VMP-2 is gone, it's
the cheapest real tube preamp available. And it does sound like the real
thing.
--scott

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