Oomph or pressure?


I currently am using a Emia autoformer as my preamp. It sounds fantastic but one thing I noticed is I have to turn the volume up quite a bit to get any oomph out of it.

is that normal for a passive?

would a active pre be better at it? And at lower volume?

im looking at Allnic as well as Others.

my system is near idea for passive but just wonder with a good preamp what I would hear.

my current setup is Zu def 4 speakers and a Audion silvernight with a allnicc1201 phono pre and a Well tempered gta table.

thanks, Scott
52tiger

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I don’t think that’s the issue, it does seem like I have to turn the volume up to around 2 or 3 to get it to have that fullness or pressure in the room.
I will say this is by far the best passive I have had and I have tried a few.

i actually went to a passive because of my system and only. Being able to barely turn the volume knob with the active preamps I have had.

my amp is different now in that it has a volume knob so some gain can be thrown away at the amp end.
 
My question was mainly if with the right setup can I get room filling pressure at a lower volume.

but this Emia is quite something to hear, may just keep it and try some other options