CD player straight into amps?

Have you gone back and checked your Answers Categories as there was this topic brought up and you answered and others gave their opinion also :

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1167829145&openusid&zzTboooe&4&5#Tboooe

riley, actually that thread is mainly about cdps with digital inputs. Yes there is some brief mention of volume control but since it was not the main topic of the thread the posts were not very detailed in this regard. Thanks for your post.

Actually, there are several threads on this very topic:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/srch_fr.pl

Sometimes threads are difficult to find. However, to summarize. . . some prefer a preamp and others prefer the CDP directly into the amp. It may depend on the quality of the volume control, etc. I am running an EAR Acute CDP directly into an EAR 859.

I'm listening to a Linn Genki running directly into a Linn LK-85 right now. Sounds great. I've read here that a higher end Linn pre would improve the sound. No hurry here.