Good points; I didnt mention much about my source as not many people in the US know it that well - Deltec DPA PDM2 two box dac and CEC TL5100 belt drive transport (digital). I am trying to get a little more musicality, naturalness and I guess what we all want, realism (enjoyment from the "you are there" feeling. I have limited choice of brands where I am, and guess have a budget of around US $800 to $1500. I could switch to say an Audio research LS2 or similar, but dont know if this would be a sideways step or not. I guess my real question I should be posing is: how does anyone rate the Classe DR5 preamp, as I this is probably my biggest unknown factor....Thanks for any help.
