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Best preamp is no preamp: always true?

There seems to be a school of thought that between two well-designed (read no major flaws) CDP and AMP, the best PREAMP is NO PREAMP at all (let's assume that the AMP has a sort of minimalist volume control).

Is this a solid and robust statement? What would be situations where this is not true (still no major design flaws)?
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I have had many active and passive preamps under different system configurations. In some cases a preamp wasmandatory and made huge effect in the sonics and presentation, in some others a passive preamp or no preamp (asI have now my system) wotks the best.

Sorry - no golden-rule here from my experience.
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