Oomph or pressure?

Hi gdnrbob,
I'm not involved in the audio product industry,  just a nappy music lover. I  heard a friend's MP-1 preamp with my 300b SET amplifier and the combination was quite impressive. If I didn't own the superb Coincident Line Stage I could be "very" satisfied with the MP-1.
Charles 

Hello Ralph, 
I've heard your MP-1 preamplifier with several different amplifiers including my own and find it to be an excellent component.  Could one be ordered by a customer with either no gain or say low gain (10db and less) ?  Just curious. 
Charles 

Sal,
Autospell got me again! I surely meant appropriately named in referring to the Emotive Audio Epifania. I believe that my post however made it clear that I’m complementing the Epifania and its heightened level of involvement you cited.
Charles 

Hi Sal,
Thanks for the descriptive comparison of high quality passive and active preamplifiers in your system. Based on your descriptions of sonic characteristics I’d choose the active Epifania (if I could only have one or the other). You found it "more involving " than the passive. Musically and emotionally involvement are critical for my long term enjoyment, this is a must have quality for me.

In my opinion when ever comparing audio components the one that allows/permits more involvement in listening to music is the better component. It seems that the "Emotive Audio" is inappropriately named 😊.
Charles