Preamp after Manley Steelhead?


Hi guys.
Should I need to place a Pre-amp after my Steelhead and before the power amps, do you suggest to use the variable outs from the steelhead or the fixed outputs?
Thanks
Mark
mark_passer

Showing 3 responses by rgurney

The Steelhead got rave reviews as a pre-amp in Stereophile.
But if you decide to run it into a pre-amp, use the fixed outputs.
Goatwuss -
If you don't get it I will explain. Stereophile ranked the Steelhead very highly as a stand alone preamp, not just as a phono pre-amp. Regardless of what you may think of that publication, I was suggesting that Mark passer use his Steelhead in such as fashion rather than running the output of his Steelhead through another preamp.
Bwhite- I also found that the 5867 does not work well in the Steelhead and am using NOS 7044's rather than the stock ones. For sure, rolling to NOS 6922's really brings out the potential of the unit.