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RE: Preamp shootout

Actually - your analogy is almost correct - I think for me it really is like a pair of comfortable old slippers. There is a sort of safety in going with what you know, what you like and what you makes you happy. Diverging from that reference means whatever the new product is that I compare must in essence meet all those "needs" and "wants" and then must be considerably better at those things and/or bring new things to warrant spending more money on them. And often times those improvements seem often to come as skin deep improvements - like a sexier $1,000 case with lots of sexy chrome or 1/2 inch thick casework to weigh the components down to seem more robust.

You don't see me saying the AN M3 is the best preamp - because I don't believe there is a best preamp - it's part of an audio chain. It may be the best for me in a particular system but in another system I may prefer the Shindo or Einstein or Melody Audio etc.



Edits: 07/14/16
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