Wadia Owner - with or without preamp

A similar thread came up on 8/15/04 but it was re. the Wadia 302. Here is the link & my post on the subject:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1092614797&openusid&zzBombaywalla&4&5#Bombaywalla

Hope that it helps.

Run it through a HIGH Quality Preamp and it will sound MUCH better.
Digital volume pot degrade the dynamics....

Thomas,
Eigentlich, was ist ein "digital volume pot"?? Danke.
(Wadia veraendert das volume mit ein DSP Technik)

i have been told, that when using a pre-amp, it is important to set the Wadia's output level low enough such that you are using the higher end of the analog pre-amps volume control.

it was posited that pre-amps will generally sound best up near (approaching) their neutral gain setting. this appears true for my pre-amp, but i have no other data points.

does this make sense, or was i led astray?

Thomasheisig: What are you basing this on? Have you experimented with the Wadia equipment? I notice that your system doesn't include any Wadia gear.