Here's an exception.. I had Nordost Frey 2 in both locations. Swapping Tyr 2 between pre and power was much better. Logic says once the signal deteriorates there's no getting it back and I agree. It must be something else. The Frey and Try have identical architecture differing only in the number of conductors. My take is the larger signal after the pre was better handled by the added conductors of the Tyr. With the Tyr between the source and pre there was little increase in SQ. I swapped back and forth a few times to make sure.
Interconnects - better before preamp or after preamp?
If you have a World class preamp, is there a need to go nuts buying some really nice cables before the Signal reaches the preamp?. Let the preamp do its thing and then provide Royal treatment for Signal‘s Journey to the amplifier.
If you had to choose between before or after a preamp what would you do?