Is Nelson's pre as good as his amp ?

Just wonder is it worth to replace my arc ls-3 with aleph p ? This wonder is based on very satisfied experience with aleph amp (first 5 then 2). OTOH, one stereophile's reviewer seemed to prefer AI M-3. Any thought ?

cdma10-20-2003 3:30am

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jshaw1004 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 53 posts 10-21-2003 at 12:56am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Aleph 2 Owner's Manual says: "For the lowest possible operating noise in any environment, the amplifier is equipped with balancd inputs featuring a common mode noise rejection of greater than 60db". I basically can't find the place in manual mentioning about no penalty of using unbalanced (RCA) against balanced. However, I did see "There is no penalty for not using this plug with unbalanced oeration". "No penalty" here I think is something about using or not using the plug for RCA to switch in between 26 dB and 20 dB gains.
jshaw1004 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 53 posts 10-22-2003 at 04:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ejiif: Don't feel sorry. I couldn't remember all the details either. I actually just pulled out the manual to refresh my memory... I think Pass would recommend to use balanced for his amps, if the balanced input is equipped. You can drop any questions to Mr. Nelson Pass and he will answer your questions. Excellent customer service!

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