mrdecibel
I will never use a preamp again.
kalali
Never ever say never. It may be that you’ve not yet heard the right preamp for your system.
Maybe he’s like me and has a source he loves the sound of, and doesn’t need to colour it in any way by adding a preamp? Unless he could get one of those fabled preamps that have no sound and sounds just like a piece of wire, wait a second!! then that would be??? yes!!! like going direct!!!!
bdp24Enough output from the source to get it loud enough for you (which most are).
What are the requirements for a source component to be up to the task of driving a given power amp?
And a min of 1:10 impedance ratio, for output impedance of the source to the input impedance of the poweramp (which most are).
And if you don't like it, you don't like the sound of your source.
Cheers George