I've sent a note to KAB trying to understand their formula.
So, according to the website, too much gain results in increased levels of noise being passed up into the system. Seems to be the case that they'd recommend under-powering, at least a bit, so that getting to the volume you want, you'd be turning the knob on the pre-amp, which means that any noise being injected would be a function of the pre (or the rest of the system) and not compounded with the noise of the phono.
Does that even make sense?
So, according to the website, too much gain results in increased levels of noise being passed up into the system. Seems to be the case that they'd recommend under-powering, at least a bit, so that getting to the volume you want, you'd be turning the knob on the pre-amp, which means that any noise being injected would be a function of the pre (or the rest of the system) and not compounded with the noise of the phono.
Does that even make sense?