Are Pre-Amps necessary?

In my opinion,sound is as subjective as taste,or sight. Isn't beauty in the eye, or ear of the beholder?  

Everything you own, every piece in the hifi chain, is designed with technical EE laws, equations and knowledge, like I said it takes both, but more so the tech side, and if it wasn’t I suggest you don’t go near it.
Different if it were a painting with no math’s or EE science involved.

Cheers George

You're right. God bless and enjoy! 

@vanson1
It’s been already answered on an earlier thread which has substantial content:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/how-important-is-the-pre-amp

Check out the PS Audio link where owner Paul was a staunchly in the camp of “no” until it was proven to him to a “yes”

You have to take what’s said with a grain of salt anyone that has $$$ to be made out of something. (and no I don’t own Lightspeed Attenuator anymore) and when I did I still always said going direct was better still.

It’s said Paul backed MQA to use it, and then pulled the pin just as quickly when it lost cred.

Cheers George