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connectng CD player directly to amp, good or bad?

Some CD players with volume control can be connected directly to power amp, bypassing pre-amp. Mark Levinson 39 and Mcintosh 301 can do that. When I mentioned this to sales reps at dealers, they were all skeptical. They said pre-amp/amp is always better or go for int-amp. I am not s sure. Mcintosh manual shows how to connect CD player to power amp directly and it makes better sense for me since I am not going to have any other source unit. If I need more later, I can always add pre-amp. Is pre-amp really necessary?
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I have owned a Mark levinson # 39 CD Player and currently own an ML-390S, I have used both through the ML-326 pre-amp
and directly to the Amplifier. One reason both CD players sound better through the pre-amp is the ML-326S NOT THE SAME VOLUME CONTROL CIRCUIT. The 326S pre-amp has a higher quality volume control according to Levinson. Both the cd players and the pre-amp have "digitally controled Analog l-pad volume controls, however not the same one.
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