Can I hook up a DCS Puccini player/preamplifier directly to an ARC GS150 ampilifier?

I'll bet it can! And going direct into the amp will eliminate another active stage. This is good! The volume control in the Puccini is high-quality and will work fine!

After looking at the descriptions and specs of the two components I see no reason why they wouldn't work together properly, without a preamplifier. I can't comment, though, on whether inserting any specific preamp into the chain would be likely to improve or degrade the resulting sonics.

You would want to use XLR cables to connect the two components, of course, as the GS150 does not provide RCA inputs, and I'm pretty certain it would not work properly if provided single-ended signals via RCA-to-XLR adapters.

Regards,
-- Al
 

See phusis's post on 4 - 20 -2013!