Quote Originally Posted by Bigmoney
... Does anyone know of inexpensive preamps, under 250.
The Creek OBH22 passive with remote control has a pretty good reputation and can be found quite often on eBay or Audiogon.

Or you might grab this Monolithic PA-1 passive (no remote) on eBay. Monolithic is affilated with Channel Island previously mentioned.

Or you might check ot this B&K Pro MT that has a passive mode; a lttlle more money though. Also on Audiogon presently are a few low cost passives -- to the home page and enter "passive" in the search box.