I’d personally say to go from cd or source, to preamp.
This way the loading is stable and assured, instead of impedance and load both shifting every time you change the potentiometer level. And, to be entering into a power amp directly where full gain is always applied........egads! It's like hunting for a uncomplimentary resonance pattern - that blows stuff up. Sooner or later....you'll get there. It's still very much a maybe, but the odds are too high for me....
A recipe for disaster, it could be... pre to power is to be avoided, relatively speaking. A personal choice. But a sensible one.
This way the loading is stable and assured, instead of impedance and load both shifting every time you change the potentiometer level. And, to be entering into a power amp directly where full gain is always applied........egads! It's like hunting for a uncomplimentary resonance pattern - that blows stuff up. Sooner or later....you'll get there. It's still very much a maybe, but the odds are too high for me....
A recipe for disaster, it could be... pre to power is to be avoided, relatively speaking. A personal choice. But a sensible one.
