what's 'Active preamp' vs 'Passive preamp'?


I thought all preamps are passive in nature, and I heard the term 'active peamp?

what does it mean? how they are different?
eandylee

Showing 1 response by dejanm

Only a brief comment about passive pre-amps and gain. Although passive, if they use transformers (TVC) they can add gain too. Typically +6 dB. And that is sufficiant in most applications.