Add a pre-amp to Mola Mola Tambaqui?

@questforhifi GTT Audio is the distributor for Mola Mola in the US will know the dealer closest to you. You may want to give them a call. 

As I write this, I am listening to my $1100 Class A Schitt Mjolnir preamp with a $800 Class A Schitt Aegir amp and a Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC with a RAAL CA-1a headphone. I am listening to the group Sault and it is incredible. I need warmth in this setup.

This preamp is going work well with the KRELL DUO. Forget about the Tambaqui's contribution to the sound. That is not going to determine your sound as much as the KRELL. I personally would not use the Mjolnir with Blades since the other 2 preamps I mentioned are not warm, but the Mjolnir will do what you seek with added warmth. This preamp also has a 15-day home trial. It sounds great with Class A amps like the Aegir and I am sure the Class A KRELL.

I know the sound of the KRELL XD well since I owned 2 of these pieces and I am debating trading in my big amp for the new KRELL KSA i400. Your KRELL is going to dominate your sound, not the Tambaqui. Seek a preamp that matches the amp.

Interesting comments about the amp

So how about the krell illusion preamp? If pre-amp pairing is more about matching amp than it is about changing sound signature

what better way to match then use flagship pre-amp from same company?

I could even connect the amp and pre with CAST interconnect, which would be very appealing 

and yes the illusion is a very expensive pre-amp but on the used market its often found below 10k

see ultimately I'm only getting a pre-amp for sound quality. I dont need it for connectivity. Not to mention the mola mola has a decent volume control, and the lumin has an EXCELLENT volume control with leedh. 

dont get me wrong having the pre-amp functionality is nice, but I kinda view it as a glorified power conditioner in a way

This may sound sacrilegious, but I like the sound of the KRELL XD so much that I would never want to use a preamp that adds anything to the amps sound. You give me a free $100k preamp, no thanks, if it adds to the sound. Not the way I want my system anymore.

A KRELL dealer told me that the CAST is not that good. I do not know since I never tried it.

If you are going to go KRELL preamp, wait because they want to come out with a new preamp to match the KSA i400 amp that I mentioned earlier. If I were to get that $36k KRELL amp I would use my $3k Benchmark LA4 with it. I know that it is a great pairing because it was so with the DUO 175XD.