Price: $5999

Website: www.psaudio.com

Erich said: PS Audio’s BHK Signature preamplifier is a statement product that produced beautiful music. I highly recommend that anyone willing to spend $6000 on a preamp arrange to hear one. I absolutely loved what I heard.

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The gist: Hard to imagine anything under ten grand beating this one.