Oferi, with all due respect, I came to the same conclusion with the caliber preamp you tried. You need to move way up the preamp foodchain to get an improvement over no preamp. So no preamp offers superior price/performance any day of the week, and will be the best architecture for the majority of systems.
However, in my experience, if you want the best of the best, you need to pull out the checkbook bigtime and get a VERY good pre. Nine out of ten "ultra high end" guys (six figure systems and up), will confirm this.
However, in my experience, if you want the best of the best, you need to pull out the checkbook bigtime and get a VERY good pre. Nine out of ten "ultra high end" guys (six figure systems and up), will confirm this.