Burmester 001 dig pre-amp question.

I can't speaker for the burmester, but I can compare the Jeff Rowland and the Tact Preamp. The Jeff Rowland is much better by a huge margin, that being said if you Modify the TACT PowerSupply it is listenable (I bought one from aberdeen components otherwise I would have immediately sold the piece) but still not at the level of the Jeff Rowland. I still own my Tact but use it between a Theta Gen VII DAC/Pre. If you use the room correction and EQ functions see the Tact forum on yahoo, then it's worth using. If not get the Rowland.

I've heard the 001 into a VTL 7.5 and your CD player is an amazing player! But I did not hear the preamp section

Well Originally I was building a headphone system around it. i already have the ML 31/30.5 as a headphone source.

But it has been a while since I was involved in the 2 channel scene and certainly not at this level. So I thought it would be a good as time as any.

I have the option to buy the JR model 10 amps.

I like tonal warmth even though I know most A'goners would be horrified at that kind of tonality. But I prefer that kind of sound.

I wanted to get a tube amp but the little one likes to touch stuff and smack stuff so I thought a SS would be a more practical solution.

My idea was to just use the Burmester pre amp function to drive the model 10's without a pre-amp. Or do you think getting a pre-amp would benefit me more.

Thanks for any advice

I actually owned 001 in combination with TacT (I still own Tact). I was using 001's pre and kept TacT volume at 93.9. That way, the sound is beautiful. 001's pre is really good. JR may be superb and I don't disagree, but "the fewer box the better" is my motto. It's up to you. Ken