Is it possible to have gain without distortion to the signal, asked another way, is a preamp without gain less distorted assuming similar quality attentuators? Or asked another way, can active amp be more accurate than a passive assuming to impedance matching issues?
dumb question about gain and preamps
It is my understanding that "unity" gain means that the signal strength at output is the same as at input. So if my pre-amp goes to 99, and the manual says unity gain is at 85 does this mean that at numbers below 85, the pre-amp is attenuating the signal strength, and at levels above 85 it is increasing the signal strength?