Wright Sound WPP specs please

TD 160, not sure what is going on there, but every combination of amps and preamps I have tried has yielded better sound in my system straight into the power amps. As usual, I guess I should have stated YMMV. Perhaps the Wright is too high output for your amp section, or there is some sort of impedence mismatch between the tube and solid state components. I am using 15 watt tube amps so maybe I need the high output. My gain pots are usually set between 9 and 12 o-clock for live in the room listening. This is with a mm cart. Perhaps my "crusade" should end since I cannot control other system's variables. Anyway, you did try it and if your impressions went the other way you would have been very pleased to find a free tweak right under your nose but undiscovered. Now I am curious, I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has newly tried this and whether or not it works for them. In what kind of components is it a step down in performance?

When I owned a WPP100c, I was using a passive preamp (Bent TVC) and the sound was wonderful. It was incredibly open with an outstanding three dimensional soundstage. I can't offer any comparisons with an active linestage b/c I didn't have one at the time, but the usual caveats apply. Your system has to be passive friendly for it to work right. The only way to know if it works in your system is to try it both ways.

hifiharv
greets again.

After the fact, I decided to review the owner's manual of the Classe' CAP151. What I described previously is in agreement with the Classe' suggestion. On the front panel there is a "separate" button. Push this and the preamp section is now separate from the amp side. Back panel: RCA jacks. Preamp out or Amp in. Meaning that the preamp side can now feed input to a different amplifier, and that the amplifier section can receive input from a separate preamp or, as Classe' suggests, an equalizer of some sorts. Perhaps that is a clue.

The Classe' CAP 151 does have some serious wattage output. Meant to drive inefficient speakers. And the Wright does indeed have a lot of gain.

FWIW, I've been using the Wright WPP100c and Classe' CAP151 happily together for several years. Just feed the signal from the Wright into the "line in" inputs on the Classe' back panel. Beautiful music.

Anyway I tried it. Nothing lost. Nothing gained.

-Steve