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Source Mod or Preamp?

 Hey guys,
   Was curious what people thought between two upgrade choices I was considering. Due to fixed disability and limited funds, I can only choose to save for one. I want to add some tubes into the mix, so I was looking at an Oppo Modwright Truth vs. say SP14 preamp. With the side upgrades, both should be around the same price.

   My question for people familiar with these two pieces is which one do you think would be a "better" bang for the money if you could only choose one? A tube mod Oppo I read is nice and can still feed directly into my amp. Or will running the stock Oppo though a nice tube preamp be the way to go?
 
  My equipment is very simple, so no need for many preamp connections (no TT, etc.) only an Oppo run directly into a First Watt J2, then to Spatial Audio M4s. I think adding a few tubes into the chain maybe nice, just not sure which I should save for, I have never heard either. Thanks in advance.
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+1 to the post by AUXINPUT

Your source (and your resulting audio performance) can be significantly upgraded with a quality build upgraded  2-channel digital unit.

I had the very top end CAMBRIDGE Bluray player that shared the same motherboard as the OPPO. It was fine for HT but it was handily bested for 2-channel audio performance by my discrete high-end build CDP/DAC. The improvement was not subtle.
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