Wadia 850 and Spectral DMA 150 matching without pre-amp


Can I directly connect a Wadia 850 to a Spectral DMA 150 without using a Spectral pre-amp?

I understand that the Spectral pre-amp give very current output (upto 1 amp) and a maixinum voltage of 100v peak for the power-amp. The guy at my local audio shop advised that Wadia/Spectral power amp direct connect would give poor dynamic range. However, I am not quite understand the reasons behind it.

Would anybody give me some advise.
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Showing 1 response by robertd

I know you're never supposed to use the spectral power amps with non spectral pre amps. The wadia might be acting like a preamp, sending a signal in to the power amp, but it ain't the "spectral" signal that the amp needs. What do others think about this??