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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You might consider buying an integrated amp.  It will save money on interconnects and power cables and should be overall cheaper than a separate amp and preamp combination.  Take the savings and use it to buy a DAC for your Tidal streaming.
I would go the integrated route...so many great choices out there now. Just need to start your research, but that is part of the fun. 
I was just looking on the AN website look like the P3 has been upgraded to Tonemeister status. Getting your amp upgraded might give you a very significant increase in sound quality at a fairly low investment.