Best Cost No Object pre-pro is?

No. For Dsd I can use analogue interconnects. I currently use the McIntosh MX136 which is very good but was wondering if there was something outstanding.

The new Mark Lev certainly looks promising, and yes its bloody expensive which is why the thread is about cost no object....Given I already use a good McIntosh, I dont see a major advantage to switch to Rotel, Classe, Integra etc etc...not saying which one is appreciably better but the exact opposite:probably fairly similar in performance so no need to make the switch: I just wanna know what is the stuff one aspires to,,,,and then we can all make personal decisions whether ot save up, or whether we can afford it anyway etc. But the odd thing is apart from ML, the other supposedly super high end pre-pros...well not a whole lot of them and the ones that claim to be seem to have not been updated with the new technologies . Goldmund for example has launched its own blue ray player, rather surprisingly quick, but its pre-pro has no HDMI input...let alone 1.3 Go figure.

Thanks Keenyt. re Meridien the one thing that bothers me is that it redigitizes analogue signals...so if I want my 2 channel SACD player feeding into it, DSD to PCM conversion has to occur at some stage. Its not just the digital processing of the codecs re movies but also something that serves as very good two channel pre-amp that I am looking for. TACT I think is the same.

Thanks Kenny. I was thinking about that and clearly its an option...just wanted to investigate if there is a pre-pro with a great analogue preamp in it so that I can avoid adding yet another box. The McIntosh I use is pretty good but as well all do, I was wondering of there was something appreciably better.