Anyone using 2 preamps in their rig?

Why oh Why would there be a desire for 2

@ghdprentice Makes sense! My quandary is as I look up the performance ladder the prices get scary.

@stringreen The Allnic has great reviews and I’d be interested to see what tubes would bring to my rig. 

I did that with my Benchmark LA4 preamp and CODA 07x preamp. One was neutral and clean and the other was a bit warmer. I had a real complicated setup there. There were 2 DACs going into each preamp with RCA and XLR, 2 tuners, one by both RCA and XLR, SACD player. I also had a second amp on the CODA 07x via XLR to the amp for my RAAL SR1a headphones. The CODA also had an XLR going to my speaker amp(s).

When I wanted a more neutral sound I would change the speaker amp XLR to the LA4 preamp. When I wanted a warmer tone I switched the amp XLR to the CODA 07x. After a while I realized I liked the LA4 better and sold the 07x.

However, it was a fun exercise.

Nah. Get a preamp that offers the best of both. A preamp is the heart of the system, it can make or break it. Get the very best you can afford.

Always spend more on the preamp , everything downstream will benefit and quality sources will not be shortchanged by the most common bottleneck in HiFi.... mediocre preamps.   I just sold a Zesto Leto.    That was the best sounding preamp I have ever owned , used , or had any experience with.   

I am having a Toolshed 101d DHT Line Stafe built and if it is half as good as the 300b amp they built I will be in a good place.     I am using an old Sonic Frontiers preamp for now  and it's a few steps backwards but it does the job.   Whole Soundstage caved in and bass is kind of flabby compared to the Zesto.   Everyone in the DAC with volume camp that has done away with their preamp has probably never had an outstanding preamp , because if they did they couldn't live without it.