It's very relative in how one determines the quality of pre-amps, due to various listening conditions. Having used the 16.0.2 a handful of times (years ago) and now using the StudioLive III (much more often), the pre-amps sounds nearly the same to me; another way of saying it, I don't notice anything bad/questionable with either of the pre-amps on the boards.
However, my experience with these consoles is live sound only and on various FOH speakers; if you are using these consoles for recording, you could notice a difference between them.
