OPPO degraded using a preamp? OPPO was designed as a bluray player with audio second in mind. Bluray players for music are a big nono IMO.
The preamp will always take the source and modify it according to it’s output. Remember, source is source, preamp and amp takes that source and runs it thru it’s circuitry.
Yes, end result changes. I’ve owned several OPPO’s, it was convenient for .flac files but I always ended up going back to the Simaudio i3 SE and Simaudio CD player for serious listening.
End result: bad recording, bad source does not get better, altho you can change it somewhat.
The preamp will always take the source and modify it according to it’s output. Remember, source is source, preamp and amp takes that source and runs it thru it’s circuitry.
Yes, end result changes. I’ve owned several OPPO’s, it was convenient for .flac files but I always ended up going back to the Simaudio i3 SE and Simaudio CD player for serious listening.
End result: bad recording, bad source does not get better, altho you can change it somewhat.