What's the use to have an preamp, if you only use cd. I guess it would be great for the music hmm.
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Posted on: 09 July 2001 by David Quigley
Apparently it treats and smooths and stabilizes signal in preparation for power amp. You cannot use a Naim power amp without a preamp.
Hope this helps
Posted on: 10 July 2001 by Andrew Randle
A pre-amp could be argued as being the first couple of stages of a power amp. The preamp mainly amplifies the voltage, while the power amp amplifies the current.
It also makes sense to separate smaller signals from the higher powered signals, hence the preamp.
Also see Juan Zenuff's post for more reasons as to why a preamp is important.