After a very wet journey to Cambridgeshire, I purchased Larkrise's Bent AUdio TAP Silver wired Pre Amp. This thing is all and more to what Larkrise said it was, in a simple AB comparison with a bench mark pre amp, it was astonishingly better. I just need some better kit to put with it ! I must thank Larkrsie for convincing me to venture out in the wet, and his hospitality, not to mention the gorgeous Martha.