I went from a Parasound P3 to a Schiit Freya + and i have to agree with newzooreview..it's a great preamp. The only downside, as was pointed out by a youtube reviewer, is that the sockets are set down from the chassis. If you tube roll, and like NOS tubes, you will have to lift and insert the tube from the glass not the base, which will be damaging to 40-70 year old (glue) holding together tubes. I went with tube lifters which raise the base above the chassis.