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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
bluorion
472 posts
 
As someone who's searching to (possibly) get a class D amp for my system, I have asked this question to some friends and a couple of owners as well. They recommended the Parasound preamp (a lot of bang for the bucks) or if you can afford it, the Mark Levinson preamp is super nice. Good luck! 
beppep OP
17 posts
 
Well thank you si much for the advices, quick question you might know the recent streamer from Nad that are preamp as well are in class d or transistor? I believe that having an external phono is better btw.. as I cannot demo and I need a streamer I might consider to take a streamer who does as well volume control and a preamp then decide if I have to keep both 
beppep OP
17 posts
 
Well I just tried with an old preamp I have, connection with rca. To make it sound I need to turn the knob at 3/4, I guess is beause of the rca connection... sound is as well flat, no depth, no rich, hope is the pre I connect and the rca that is not the ideal type of connection 
beppep OP
17 posts
 
Input source as well rca to laptop headphone out :) 
maxwellseq
31 posts
 
Do you fancy experimenting and moving off the HiFi track? In the professional studio world you are describing a "monitor controller".

Studio kit is mostly balanced because a variety of different things are being plugged and unplugged all the time and minimising earth loops and maximising S/Nr is necessary.

Some kit, like the Crane Song and Coleman are remote-controlled rack mount, so probably not suitable. Something like the SPL Elector / Director or Drawmer MC1.1, 2.1 3.1 etc. might be worth investigating. The latter are cheap enough to consider as experiments.

What you won't get though is any HiFi cachet. 
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