consensus on passive preamps?

If you've had a passive preamp in your system what was the final verdict?

hbarrel05-19-2002 9:05pm

martian_23 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 20 posts 01-13-2003 at 02:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Best for more than one source component: a remote-controlled passive attenuator (stepped/potentiometer or even transformers) next to the power-amp inputs... = negligible cable influence.
martian_23 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 20 posts 01-13-2003 at 02:11am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ...and to meet the topic: I can't imagine a better pre-«amp» than a passive one. Possibly a transformer design sounds best of all. (I have a 10-kOhm Alps potentiometer.)