Valhalla2 vs Freya+ as a preamp

@artemus_5 John, thank you for expanding on that. It makes more sense now. I’m just going to have to order it and if the difference is imperceivable - it goes back. Thank you for explaining this 

if the difference is imperceivable

It will sound different, but the question is will you like the differences. I think you will. Then again, I don’t know Schitt 😁.

Sorry I just can't resist a Schitt joke...

@bivhopkins 

That really the final test. Let us know how it turns out.

Price is not always indicative of quality.

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BTW - I owned the Topping pre90 preamp for a while, along with my current Benchmark LA4, CODA 07x, and Schitt Freya+

The Valhalla 2 can be used as a single input preamp. I've used it with a Will Vincent/Dynaco ST-70. The V2 works great. Plenty of gain. no noise. Plus you can plug in your 'phones. Great piece of kit for not a lot of scratch.