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!
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Currently i do not have any pre-amp thus the question whether I should spend my money on a pre-amp or just upgrade the amp, money is approx the same..

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Thank you! I had no ideas to upgrade to Meishu, but a new P3 Silver Tonmeister. 
So you recommendation is to go with preamp. M3?
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I agree with @tvad the M3 would be a good match and your P3 Silver is a great amp already. A Meishu Tonemeister may sound better but maybe not. I would definitely suggest posting your question here:

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/strictly-for-fans-of-audio-note-uk.422880/

Lots of AN users and some dealers post there as well as Peter Q from time to time.