Willemj- how do you know what an album is supposed to sound like? Are you telling me by bypassing a preamp you are closer to the master? If you like vinyl these guys will tell you their master is more realistic.
There are many reasons to go thru a preamp:
1) if your dac/cd player is solid state, you might want to go thru a tube preamp that front end solid state amps
2) you might want to upgrade to an external dac, add a tuner, turntable phono preamp, etc...
Bring home a couple of good preamps and compare them to your direct connect setup
There are many reasons to go thru a preamp:
1) if your dac/cd player is solid state, you might want to go thru a tube preamp that front end solid state amps
2) you might want to upgrade to an external dac, add a tuner, turntable phono preamp, etc...
Bring home a couple of good preamps and compare them to your direct connect setup