conrad johnson GAT does everything well and is equally at home with SE and BAL amps.
The sound is exactly the same at 10 or 70 on the volume control - no sweets spots. remote control is a pleasure to use
dynamic detailed and alive sounding with zero dryness. more so than Pass XP20, ARC REf5 and VTL 7.5 S1 I have previously owned.
conrad johnson GAT - just sounds right imo.
Shane, there is nothing about your GAT that you wish was better? Which other preamps have you auditioned?
EDIT: somehow missed your mentioning the other preamps that you owned, sorry.