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Primaluna integrated questions...

Posted by Valva Actual on January 9, 2021 at 14:20:58:
The subtitle of this post is: Does anyone know about the Primaluna EVO 300 integrated PRE-AMP section?
Why? I am thinking my EVO 300 integrated's preamp section is a limiting factor in music quality.
I base this on: There isn't much preamp hardware in my EVO 300 integrated (see linked pics?).
The EVO 300 amp-only and the EVO 300 integrated have the same tube complement, and, to my eyes,
almost the same internal layout.
They didn't jam the entire stand-alone EVO 300 preamp section into the integrated chassis, they went streamlined.
I am curious how much preamp section there actually is, and what it actually does. Any thoughts?
How much is gained replacing the integrated EVO 300 with its amp-only version (EVO 300) and adding a preamp of some sort ?

Additional info and thoughts...
Until recently I had Cary separates and it was good. (That amp died).
I find that my PL EVO 300 integrated isn't as good as my old Cary separates, I believe the preamp had a lot to do with that.
To gather more info, I would try running my Cary preamp into the PL integrated, but my brand new Primaluna Integrated EVO 300 is away somewhere being fixed, and the down time has given me some useful time to think about the system and its wounded pieces (in unrelated carnage, my ancient Bel-Canto cdp died, and my Innuos server thingy is non-func as well). January has been a weird month for me in many ways.
Last thing, when I have mentioned running a preamp into the integrated to my dealer guy, and to some guy at the PL mothership, both were vaguely disapproving of the idea and said there is not a preamp-in connection, and I would have to run the Cary preamp into the HT bypass RCA connection (which is labelled 'caution' on the back of the unit). I don't understand that as I don't do HT at all