I had this same perceived problem with autoformers and the Lightspeed. A transformer based passive did the trick for me. Some examples off the top of my head are Music First, Electra Fidelity, Silvercore, older Bent Audio units.
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
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