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cdp digital volume control or preamp?

Hello Gon'ers!
I am currently running my Music Hall Maverick SACD player, which has a remote volume control (digital) directly into a Sonic Frontiers Power 2 amp. It sounds very good, but I wondered if I would get better sound going through a good pre-amp. What do you all think? Some suggestions for pre-amps that match well with my existing gear would be welcome, too.

Cheers.
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lousyreeds1
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Great news, congrats! Did you ever dally in adding an outboard volume control?
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lousyreeds1
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Blkadr, there are not lots of opinions here. You're confusing this with the argument of analog volume controls on CDP's vs the use of preamps.

We're talking digital volume controls here, which -always- lose information at lower volumes. Period.
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lousyreeds1
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Sorry, jerky of me to shoot something down without answering the question! It doesn't necessarily need to be a preamp- I believe you can simply add an outboard analog volume control. That said, I don't know if there are any quality ones made. And as Blkadr mentioned, you can consider passive v active preamps.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could send SACD through that Birdland??
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lousyreeds1
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That's an excellent point. Is it passive or active?
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