Best Preamp = No Preamp?


I'm currently looking for some DACs. I'm looking at Benchmark DAC1, Bel Canto DAC3, Slim Devices Transporter, etc...

I noticed most of these newest high performance DACs have built in volume control with remote.

I'm thinking that I can connect these DACs directly to my Power Amp skipping preamp.

Is that right thinking? Why go through additional peice of device when I can avoid? Anybody doing it that way?

What'll be the pros and cons?

eandylee

Showing 1 response by geoffkait

Actually the reason the records produced during the Golden Age sound so freaking good is because they were still recording and mastering with tube electronics, including tube microphones. Hel-loo! It was in the seventies when the industry switched over to solid state that everything went to hell.