Best pre around or less than $5k to pair with DSD Sr?

[dvorak]

Check this out. The money I’m not spending on a pre-amp might help me upgrade to a TSS:

TSS Two Chassis Super DAC

It’s not the amount of current, per se, but the evenness of the output impedance. I.e. can it deliver the right amount of current to maintain the correct voltage. The DS and the TSS have a constant output impedance (about 120 Ohms) from sub 4Hz to way past the audio band. The problems that people are having when trying to not use a preamp aren’t related to current delivery, they are due to voltage gain matching and (to a lesser extent) effects of unexpected ultrasonics in some amps. For gain…