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Is no preamp the best preamp of all?

As an experiment I hooked up my OPPO BDP-95 (which has a volume control) directly to my amp. I was very pleasantly surprised to hear a significant improvement in clarity and sound quality. Typically I have the analog outputs on the OPPO running through my preamp in Analog Direct. I have heard that the circuitry within preamps can cause cross-talk in the analog signal, deteriorating the quality of the signal. So, would having no preamp (and therefore no other circuits to interfere with the signal) be better than an expensive analog or digital preamp running in Analog Direct? I am not really interested in Room Correction or DSP of any kind. I was considering purchasing a Bel Canto PRe6 (which I've read is excellent for multichannel analog), but would it be better to just have the OPPO running directly to the power amp?
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If you like that experiment with yor Oppo BDP-95 here an even better one. Download a 192kHz 24 bit FLAC FILE ( I have done this with( Carly Simon No Secrets and others)from HD Tracks onto your computer, insert a keychain USB
(at least 4 gig) and plug it into the USB input in the back of the Oppo BDP-95, And listen to an uncompressed,
solid state(no moving parts)memory, 24 bit/192kHz playback
micro music-server.Some of thier files are only in 96kHz,
go for any music you know well in 192kHz the difference is huge. A taste of a High-Rez music server for low $.
The Flac files won't play on itunes, Windows ect. it will on the Oppo 95. Like all audio devices the USB needs break-in and may take a week on re-play to sound it's best.
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