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Spectral preamps

I've read that Spectral AMPS must be used with Spectral preamps and MIT interconnects and speaker cables.

Does the same rule apply to Spectral PREAMPS? Can they be used on their own with other manufacturers' amps?

I assume the same rule applies for amps and preamps, but just checking. Thanks in advance.
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rwwear
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I've used Spectral preamps successfully with many other amps.
rwwear
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It is odd to me Ack to have an amplifier so dependent on another company's cables.
rwwear
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I once had a DMC-10, one of the earlier Spectral preamps and I used it with a Krell KSA-250. It always performed well and had no hi frequency side effects. I also had a Counterpoint SA-3 at the time and compared them to each other a few times and they sounded quite similar to me then. Although now they may not.

Although I know it's true, it seems very odd to that a company would design a product to have ultra wide bandwidth and then require special cables to tame the very thing they spent time and money creating. It sounds like something the government would do.
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