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This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.

I am buying Dynaudio C-1 Platinums and would like an ideal amp. Which would you choose? I prefer solid state. Separates or integrated. If you could recommend a few optimum choices that would be great. Based on my short couple years on here you strike me as very knowledgable on the subject. My dealer wants me on Pass Labs. Incidentally right now I have the Devialet 400 and I’m pretty sure you are not a fan of this type of amp. Any of your wisdom is appreciated. Thanks, Mike

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cleeds
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georgehifi
... let the source be heard for what it is, without any added colourations with a transparent passive preamp ...
As noted by @atmasphere  above, passive preamps commonly suffer from their own problems that can easily affect the sound, and in a negative way. It is simply mistaken to believe that an ostensibly simple passive preamp is less colored than a more complex active preamplifier.
cleeds
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wolf_garcia
Cleeds…you mistake "agenda" with "point of view." I consistently argue my point ...
I have made no such mistake, but I agree that you consistently argue the same few points. As Thoreau said, sometimes circumstantial evidence is very strong, such as when you find a trout in the milk. That is the case here. 
cleeds
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wolf_garcia
Opinions aren’t necessarily an "agenda," ...
I agree completely. But, for example, when the same poster repeats the same few claims again and again, and insists that those who disagree provide data, and accuses those who disagree with believing in "magic," it’s pretty clear there’s an agenda beneath it all. And it isn't the passionate and objective pursuit of science.
cleeds
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wolf_garcia
A dealer can generate business simply by invading a free forum with self promotion … I consider that to be an unethical and somewhat slimy commercial activity designed to promote a business. Period. Others may disagree…and I don't need to "report it to the moderators" as I can state my case just fine
Of course you're entitled to you opinion, but the rules of the forum allow dealer participation, so I don't consider them being here "slimy" at all. I think what is much more troublesome are some of the posters here who do not appear to be dealers, but who consistently promote their own agenda, such as their frequent claims of "snake oil," demands for data and belief that everything sounds the same. Those are the posters who are not transparent.
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