@rabbottmke
pls don’t misread or misinterpret what we are saying on the above - we don’t know you, your system, your room, your hearing
the SQ upgrade will be there if you upgrade to a high quality 2 channel preamp from the AVR as you are considering... we simply don’t know whether ’your ears suck’ as you say - so we can’t promise you will hear it -- but we are confident to say, given a decent room and setup, with your gear, the improvement will be there to be heard...
good luck
So there are three camps here.
1) Those that say the difference is significant, but your ears probably suck so don’t bother.
pls don’t misread or misinterpret what we are saying on the above - we don’t know you, your system, your room, your hearing
the SQ upgrade will be there if you upgrade to a high quality 2 channel preamp from the AVR as you are considering... we simply don’t know whether ’your ears suck’ as you say - so we can’t promise you will hear it -- but we are confident to say, given a decent room and setup, with your gear, the improvement will be there to be heard...
good luck