Hi Radman and AWA. I have only heard these two preamps in a friend's system (but had the M16 in my system for a few weeks a couple of years ago). I don't doubt you heard what you say Radman, but my take was different. The M16 sounded very nice through its phono section, but has never struck me as stellar as a line stage - merely good. The CD LAD struck me principally as faster, with better timing and with less grain. As a result of that experience I would not describe them as similar, and I remember preferring the LAD. Obviously things could be different in the US than in NZ because here the remote for the CD LAD is quite different (more functions) than the remote for the M16 (see Radman's last point).
