Great cd players that can connect directly to a power amp?

Cornfedboy & Kirk930:
Accuphase's honco had always argued & recommended that CD was not meant to be hooked directly to the poweramp inspite many people do so just because its got a higher level output. Its ultimately a source and hence must be used with the finest preamp one can afford (& mind you, the superior quality of the preamp has a direct relation on the overall sound).

dCS Elgar and Delius DACs have a superb volume control and can be hooked up directly to the power amps.

How about the Tjoeb 4000 with NOS tubes?

Audio Aero Capitole is phenominal!

I'm sure the argument will never end between preamp and no preamp. I've used an Accuphase DP-75 with a world class passive preamp, with a CAT SL-1 Mark III (with simplified signal path--Balance and Tape Monitor switches out), and straight into a power amp. I noticed no improvement in dynamics with the CAT, but much lose of transparency and detail. My passive (Shallco switches, Holco resistors, Stealth internal wire, Kimber Ultraconnect RCA's,ladder attenuator type) sounded much better than the CAT, but not as good as the DP-75 straight in. I now switch cables between LP's and CD's, and keep the signal path for each as simple as I can--and I'd advise anyone else to do the same.