Preamp SS to match class D amp


I have been reading quite a lot and unfortunately I cannot find a post who can guide me into a match between SS pre amp and amp class D. Going through forums people ask advices only on tube pre amp to combine class D amp probably for the fact of the colorations of tube and some sterile class d amp they own. I recently bought some Belcanto ref600m as I got rid of my Mcintosh 8900 who sounded too 80s hifi and I wonder if someone can suggest a good pre amp to link. I would like to have something well build, dual mono if there are still, with balanced input and output. Considering that I listen mainly vinyl, analogic circuit I am thinking. Question as well, is there any preamp with streamer and Dac or these are only digital? As I would like to have a Dac as well to attach and I am wondering if make sense to have another extra gear

thanks
beppep

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Input source as well rca to laptop headphone out :)
Yikes! If you want a recipe for
sound is as well flat, no depth, no rich,
-that is a good way to get it. If you are playing from a laptop and budget is a concern, get a Topping E30, which you can find on ebay for about $125.00 including shipping (or thereabouts). Connect it to the USB port on the computer and send the audio out that way. You'll hear an instant improvement!!
Going through forums people ask advices only on tube pre amp to combine class D amp probably for the fact of the colorations of tube and some sterile class d amp they own.
Tube preamps are not used to add colorations. They are used to avoid them as many solid state preamps sound bright. Most solid state amps do too, but class D is altogether a different animal and does not have the same artifacts as traditional solid state (so they don't usually sound bright). In fact some class D amps are quite neutral- far more so than traditional solid state. Since solid state preamps have lagged behind class D in this regard, that is why many people resort to tubes.

To be clear here, when I use the word 'neutral' it encompasses 'musical' as well, since we are talking about low distortion that is consistent at all frequencies (traditional solid state tends to have increasing distortion as frequency is increased). When distortion is **properly** controlled then the circuit will be both musical and neutral.

If you must go solid state, I would be looking at either a Benchmark or Pass Labs.