YES. When I first plugged in the Audio Research SP-3 pre-amp in 1974, in my shop, I had a true revelation in how systems can sound.
Obviously, in the many years since then pre-amps have evolved and even improved somewhat. I suggest you work with your local dealer and audition as many as he carries IN YOUR ROOM to find the one YOU like best.
It will be as much a revelation to you as it was to most of the rest of us who have been down this road before.
This is not to say that there are not some SS pre-amps that are very good, because of course there are. However, the one that sounds best IN YOUR ROOM is the one you need to purchase and be delighted with in your system.
Cheers!
Obviously, in the many years since then pre-amps have evolved and even improved somewhat. I suggest you work with your local dealer and audition as many as he carries IN YOUR ROOM to find the one YOU like best.
It will be as much a revelation to you as it was to most of the rest of us who have been down this road before.
This is not to say that there are not some SS pre-amps that are very good, because of course there are. However, the one that sounds best IN YOUR ROOM is the one you need to purchase and be delighted with in your system.
Cheers!