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Whats the ultimate goal with your pre amp ?

I have a great pre amp its a Pass labs XP-22. Its a great compliment to the rest of my gear-Pass 250.8-Pass XP-17 phono pre-VPI Prime Signature TT-Auralic Aries 2.1 Streamer- PS Audio Directstream MK2--Harbeth 40.2 Anniversaries.

My question is- At what point is a pre amp overkill ? Example- In terms of performance- How close does a Parasound JC-2 get to a Pass XP-22 ?

In my mind I want the Pre to be uncolored..silent...and have flexibility/with XLR's in and out. Does or should it cost 10K to achieve this ?

The point of this post is to gather opinions on what other audiophile thoughts are .

Thanks in advance for any and all opinions.

krelldog

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ghdprentice
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The preamp is often called the heart of the system. I have always reached for the best possible preamp for my systems. This has always worked well.

 

Putting a lower level component within the signal path will never help. You have to go to really crazy levels to have a preamp “too good”. Typically mine have been the most expensive components in my system.

 

‘’You can see my system under my used ID. I used to have all Pass designed components. Now I have all Audio Research.

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