The volume control on your amp is a gain control for a good pre-amp match. My experience is that most amps sound better if you use a pre-amp. It is said that the pre-amp is the heart of a hi-fi system and I subscribe to that.
Do I need pre-amp? Upgrade amp or buy pre-amp? Audionote system
Hello everyone,
I have a strange question.. Tried googling, but found a number of various answers but still not to the point where all is clear.
Currently I own Audionote P3 Silver amplifier which has integrated volume control, play music through it without any pre-amp, sounds great, no issues. I was thinking to upgrade it to a better AN amp, but upgrade would cost around the same as a good pre-amp. My question is - do I upgrade to a better amp or purchase pre-amp and use it with current amp?
AN has Meishu line, which as I understand has a built in pre-amp, so theoretically, Meishu should sound better than P3 despite being same line just because it comes with integrated pre-amp?
Thanks!
I have a strange question.. Tried googling, but found a number of various answers but still not to the point where all is clear.
Currently I own Audionote P3 Silver amplifier which has integrated volume control, play music through it without any pre-amp, sounds great, no issues. I was thinking to upgrade it to a better AN amp, but upgrade would cost around the same as a good pre-amp. My question is - do I upgrade to a better amp or purchase pre-amp and use it with current amp?
AN has Meishu line, which as I understand has a built in pre-amp, so theoretically, Meishu should sound better than P3 despite being same line just because it comes with integrated pre-amp?
Thanks!
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