Proceed AVP?

I don't know about that, but I tried an AVP and didn't like it because it apparently takes time to read the disc format and when I played CD's, I'd lose the first couple of notes on the CD until the AVP figured out it was a CD.
Also, it's an orphan product now.

Actually, from what I remember, there's a bunch of otherwise highly recommended AV pre's from back in the late 90's and early 2000's, that had that issue. I owned several makes and models of pre/pro's - and that issue never bothered me, personally. Actually, many of these pre's sounded great, and you just "dealt with it".
Lol - we should make up a list of "bastard step-children AV equipment" out there, that was once highly regarded and sought after! - a veritable ghost town of poor ol' left-behinds, nearly-forgottens, and relics of the past...

It's amazing to me that the more expensive hi-end equipment is almost always the poorest performers.