The future of preamps

@ Grannyring, Hi, It is my opinion, that to fully realize a source direct to amp, you have to match the source out-put volts to the amps in-put volts to get all of the desired sound and power from the amp, this is an aspect, many audiophiles do not achieve!

Audiolabyrinth:
You don't have to match the source output volts to the amps max input volts. As you reduce the source volts with the volume control anyway.
So long as you can reach the desired max level you want from your speakers, it does not matter if the source is lower than the amp.

Cheers George

AudioL, I agree 100 percent with you. I did just that and the music sounded very good direct, just not as good as my preamp. Both made good music for sure!

Let's keep in mind Salvatore owned and operated a retail store in Toronto some years back.

One of his lines was Coincident, a Canadian company.

I'm sure all of the stellar reviews are rightfully deserved.

@ Grannyring, Hi Thanks, I read alot of your post in the past, I give you alot of the credit for the reasons I am willing to look into active preamps, I enjoy your vast exsperience that you have tried all forms to drive a amplifier to conclude useing a particular active preamp of your choice is best to your ears and system, Are you still useing the Dude preamp?