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How good is the Pre-amp from bluesound node icon?

Things are changed here after comparing the Rotel rb990bx vs a Hegel h390 wich I could compare at home .
The h390 did win the battle and now is playing only as a power amp and the node icon takes care for preamp, dac and streaming part.
The preamp/dac part from this Icon is really very good.
 
@Theodorus , I just reread your earlier comments and this one and it is amazing to me that the Icon matches H600 pre/dac via xlr and betters the H590 pre/dac!
 
Amazing experiences!
I share similar!
I have my Node Icon connected straight to my amp NAD M27 via XLR, and it is outstanding serving my second zone! I previously had M66, and Node Icon is at similar level of performance, based on my opinion, I have no measurements to share. Granted, it was the XLR connection that made it for me, I was not so impressed with RCA.
 
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