getting a cd-player, or Dac with very good type tubes and running direct to amplification has no hardness, edginess, quite the opposite, organic, way more transparent than most active pre-amps, and with full bass slam and tube magic mid-range if you get a hybred tube/solid state source with specs of below 20hz to 20khz and a little more, mated with good cabling, you will get incredible results with a high quality solid state amp that is high power and high current, this is my system now, Happy listening.
Best Preamp = No Preamp?
I'm currently looking for some DACs. I'm looking at Benchmark DAC1, Bel Canto DAC3, Slim Devices Transporter, etc...
I noticed most of these newest high performance DACs have built in volume control with remote.
I'm thinking that I can connect these DACs directly to my Power Amp skipping preamp.
Is that right thinking? Why go through additional peice of device when I can avoid? Anybody doing it that way?
What'll be the pros and cons?
I noticed most of these newest high performance DACs have built in volume control with remote.
I'm thinking that I can connect these DACs directly to my Power Amp skipping preamp.
Is that right thinking? Why go through additional peice of device when I can avoid? Anybody doing it that way?
What'll be the pros and cons?