@puffbojie Take a look at the review of the ARC REF6SE on TAS. His thought was, maybe you don't need one. But then you have the data of @jomonhifi , which could be due to impedance matching ... so it depends on your system
Are higher end preamps worth the investment when you are only streaming Tidal & Spotify ?
Amp: Modwright 150SE
Speakers: Aerial Acoustics 7T
Streamer/DAC/ : NAD C658
With the goal of achieving higher fidelity, would a 10k -12k MSRP preamplifier be overkill when you only stream from Tidal or Spotify? Do higher end preamplifier applications mostly apply to vinyl and /or high end transports vs subscription streaming?