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Recommendations for SS preamp for Pass XA-30.8
What does transport have to do with digital files played directly from my hard drive? Actual CD's and SACD's are about 5% if not less of what I listen. Any suggestions? 
Recommendations for SS preamp for Pass XA-30.8
W3ux, most of my music is digital (FLAC's 16/44, 24/96 and 24/192 kHz, DSD, Blu-Ray-Audio and DVD-Audio images), some SACD's and red book CD's. I'm quite happy with the OPPO and in my opinion, OPPO's DAC based on Sabre32 in very good, recently I h... 
Recommendations for SS preamp for Pass XA-30.8
Thank you for the respond, Pete. I experimented with placement, and already positioned speakers and seating area in the best possible way in my house. Now I'm looking for something else (better and more :) ) that might change the sound in my syste... 
What should I upgrade first amp or preamp?
OK, I measured the volume of my usual listenings and got the following numbers: I sit about 6-7 ft from my speakers, average volume is 75-80 dB with 80-90 dB in peaks, max average volume (never got louder yet, but may try this weekend) is 80-85 dB... 
What should I upgrade first amp or preamp?
Thank you all for the answers. I really appreciate your help and advices. However, I still can't decide what to do. It's so difficult, especially if there are so many choices. Yes, XA-100.5 is much more expensive than 30.5 and I'll need to spend t... 
What should I upgrade first amp or preamp?
Of course, they are XLR's. What's the point to have fully balanced equipment without using XLR interconnects. 
What should I upgrade first amp or preamp?
Forgot to say, my speakers are tri-wired, so truly speaking I have wires that 3 times thicker than regular 12 gauge cable wires. Do you think I need something different? 
What should I upgrade first amp or preamp?
So, do you guys really think that both preamp and amp are good and sufficient enough and don't need to be changed at all? Regarding cables, I have 10" Analysis Plus Black Oval 12 speaker cables as well as 1.5 m Analysis Plus Solo Crystal interconn... 
What should I upgrade first amp or preamp?
Thank you for your responds. I looked at ModWrite ipgrades befoere, however I'm not a big fan of tubes and prefer SS in all chains.