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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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jglim
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My personal experiences:

1. Stuck a GNSC statement modded 270/27 straight into Krell FPB 600. Never got on with the sound. Steve Huntley recommends they got pre-ampless.
2. Later upgraded to Weiss Jason/Medea and also stuck into FPB 600. Improvement but sound seemed to lack body.
3. Stuck an AR Ref 3, vast improvement mainly with dynamics and solidity of image.
4. Friend of mine stuck his Weiss combo into Krell evo two without evo one. Sounded vastly better with preamp Krell evo one into system.
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