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To Preamp Or Not To Preamp,That Is The Question

Hello
I'm curious this fine Sunday...

In theory, is it better to have a preamp between a CDP (or?) and the amp, or not ? Don't we try to eliminate as many circuits in the path as possible ? Why not eliminate the whole preamp right ?

I have an (2 really) Adcom GCD575, and, I can hook this directly to an amp, and use the Vol control (and Variable output) without a preamp at all...

It sounds really good to me. But, it may be the amp...
I haven't tested with multiple pre's between the same CDP and/or AMP.
mikey44

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almarg
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Why CDP and DAC designers use digital volume controls is beyond me. None of them work and a digital designer would be the first to know that...
Ralph, once again two of the most brilliant minds at Audiogon (you and Kirkus) have an intellectual disagreement, at least with respect to contemporary digital volume controls. :-)

See the following thread, especially the comment by Kirkus near the end:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1265995004

Best regards,
-- Al
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