This tubed pre-amp, made to order in Australia is an audiophiles dream. I am the original owner and used it sparingly for two years (very low hours) with my Audio Research VT 100 MK II until I switched to solid state (we put in solar panels and I wanted to conserve electricity). This is one of the most beautiful, silvery, songful, full sounds Ive heard produced by a hi-fi system... perfect for jazz and the warmth of whatever music you love. It also packs some good power. This pre-amp honors the music, and it literally changes your entire experience of what youre listening to. The original tubes have a lot of life in them, and you can easily obtain new ones when needed. These are $4000 new. So this is a wonderful chance to get a great deal on a like new musical instrument of beauty and impeccable quality. The company is responsive and helpful if you ever need service. All proceeds from this sale go to our non-profit in Vermont, and we will use them to repair our main driveway which was devastated in this summers floods. The preamp will be shipped FedEx Ground in two separate boxes. The shipping quote here is for one box. Buyer will be charged actual shipping costs. From Supratek website: https://www.supratek.com.au/portfolio/cortese/ The SUPRATEK CORTESE preamplifier is equipped with a state of the art moving coil phono stage designed for low output MC cartridges. Using a combination of J-fets and EF180, 6H30 tubes to give suitable gain for cartridges as low as 0.2mV with a noise level as good as and surpassing many solid state units. The design has been refined over many years to be possibly one of the finest MC cartridge tube designs. The Supratek Cortese with its all tube zero feedback phono stage has a warmth, transparency and musicality that is just not possible with feedback heavy solid state phonos, that tend to have an “electronic” sound. It compliments the lush and vivid sound of vinyl. It will accomodate MC cartridges from 0.2 mV to 0.5mV , with loading values of 10,100,1000 and 47,000 ohms, or as requested, are available from a back panel mounted switch. The line stage of the Cortese is the same as the Chardonnay, using transformer coupling output stage . See the Chardonnay page for more details.There have been great advances in digital sound in this century, but vinyl still has a wonderfully real and alive sound when used with a tube phono stage of this quality. However your CD’s and digital sources will also sound completely revitalised and “alive” with the outstanding attributes of the CORTESE’s linestage.