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| Are passive preamps better? Gregm, dpac wasn't using a passive linestage; he was using a tube preamp. It would not surprise me at all if I don't understand how impedence works. I'm a gifted dyslexic and I struggle. I go by instinct, and I'm learning as much as I can from you... | |
| Are passive preamps better? I found that I had an IC about a ft shorter than I was using. So I tried going direct to amp again. With shorter IC I lost the distrtion components that were present with the longer IC. I also discovered that the CD player's volume control is moto... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Thanks, Pipedream, for info. It probably is the hard drive, but my sister and brother have the latest H/K 75W AVR's, and that sound is also amazing as Dpac996 describes. I don't know if I'm upgrading to stay ahead of them or just to keep up. The l... | |
| Are passive preamps better? The Audio Research LS-7 linestage preamp must be an old dog, huh? They're asking around $650 including shipping. I guess you get what you pay for. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? OK. Got all that. I can send the Endlers back too for 30 days. Yes, linestage--much better. My amp and source is not meeting ET's criteria for the passive linestage. Not looking good. It sounded so good cold. The clarity was sort of a jaw-dropper.... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Pubul57, I'd be more than happy to let you know. I'm isolated here in SE MN. Nobody here knows what an audiophile is. All dealers within 100 mi are busy installing surround sound and care nothing about high end audio. Not that I have anything agai... | |
| Are passive preamps better? All that "effort" just sounds interesting to me. I'm probably suited to it. Ordered the Endler attenuators. Fun-looking toys. | |
| Are passive preamps better? Thanks. I'll follow up on all this. Bob, I get parameters from www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0102/pr Interesting website which relates well to this discussion. Will also give Arn a call at some point. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? John, you're right. The Placette active is my goal. I need to hear a stepped attenuator. I don't have any. Newbee asks much better questions. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? I did not make that question clear. I think it was a dumb question. It seems to me that all passive preamps of decent quality would be equal in terms of how the amp sees them. If one didn't work, none would. (I'm not including the Placette Active ... | |
| Are passive preamps better? OK. Are there likely to be differences in passives? There's a Goldpount for sale. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? OK, Bob. Thanks. Last night I searched Placette under discussion forums. One member said that a passive preamp needs 40 k ohms input impedence from amp. That might help explain why some people are happy and some are not with passive preamps and go... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Yeah. Cool. And I don't know how much of the hobby is having a good system and how much is having good knowledge. That's part of the fun, too. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? Pubul57, Thanks. I'll check it out. If I spent that much I would have to never tell anyone. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? Eldartford, I later got distortion components. I only played two cd's that night after setting it up, and I thought that it was an improvement over using the preamp. But the following day when I tried other cd's I got a harshness that had not been... |