[RCduck7]

I am actually a solid state of guy but want my Pioneer S-1EX speakers to sound a bit more smooth and musical. I hope to achieve this with a tube preamp. And i like to have it xlr in and out. I'm thinking of a Audio GD HE-1 or maybe a MingDa MC300?? Any experience on both?

[FullRangeMan]

I am actually a solid state of guy but want my Pioneer S-1EX speakers to sound a bit more smooth and musical. I hope to achieve this with a tube preamp. And i like to have it xlr in and out. I'm thinking of a Audio GD HE-1 or maybe a MingDa MC300?? Any experience on both?

The HE-1 300kHz freq range are great.
I dont want a pre-amp that use two expensive tubes as 300B, but it looks better that a pre-amp that use PCBs as the HE-1. IMO