Hi, I am in the market for some ultra clean/transparent mic preamps. I currently own enough high-end 'colored' mic preamps and have been doing some research on some 'transparent' channels. The usual list of course applies i.e. Grace, John Hardy, Millennia, GML etc...

I'm looking to buy a preamp, gonna use it for recording electric/acoustic guitars, bass and some vocals. I've seen quite a few people recommend it and I was wondering, for $900 (which can be bought on ebay), is there a better preamp?
I'm interested in getting the best sound quality possible with roughly a grand. If there is anything better than this puppy please bring it up.