$3,950 · Simaudio Moon Evolution P-7 preamp

Retail price: $7,000. Dual-mono oversized power supply that is fully balanced with five stages of DC voltage regulation. It yields no Sonic coloration with an extremely high level of transparency and is consistently recommended by Audio critics. Award-winning. Stereophile magazine stated in its review " the sound stage, the Sonic painting, was wide, deep, and detailed, but the individual objects within that stage were fully fleshed out. Beautifully made, beautiful looking, and beautiful sounding, the Moon Evolution p-7 justifiably deserves a class "A" recommendation in Stereophile's recommended components."