Advice on simple high quality preamp

[Les Adams]

not a recommendation (i know nothing about the unit), but i'm intrigued by this passive pre.
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls....ube&1197724691

Thanks for that dingus,

It's a shame the thing is so ugly! Also, I think I would be prepared to suffer a tiny bit of quality to have something a bit more conventional! An interesting idea though.