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| Are passive preamps better? OK. Got all that. I can send the Endlers back too for 30 days. Yes, linestage--much better. My amp and source is not meeting ET's criteria for the passive linestage. Not looking good. It sounded so good cold. The clarity was sort of a jaw-dropper.... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Pubul57, I'd be more than happy to let you know. I'm isolated here in SE MN. Nobody here knows what an audiophile is. All dealers within 100 mi are busy installing surround sound and care nothing about high end audio. Not that I have anything agai... | |
| Are passive preamps better? All that "effort" just sounds interesting to me. I'm probably suited to it. Ordered the Endler attenuators. Fun-looking toys. | |
| Are passive preamps better? Thanks. I'll follow up on all this. Bob, I get parameters from www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0102/pr Interesting website which relates well to this discussion. Will also give Arn a call at some point. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? John, you're right. The Placette active is my goal. I need to hear a stepped attenuator. I don't have any. Newbee asks much better questions. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? I did not make that question clear. I think it was a dumb question. It seems to me that all passive preamps of decent quality would be equal in terms of how the amp sees them. If one didn't work, none would. (I'm not including the Placette Active ... | |
| Are passive preamps better? OK. Are there likely to be differences in passives? There's a Goldpount for sale. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? OK, Bob. Thanks. Last night I searched Placette under discussion forums. One member said that a passive preamp needs 40 k ohms input impedence from amp. That might help explain why some people are happy and some are not with passive preamps and go... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Yeah. Cool. And I don't know how much of the hobby is having a good system and how much is having good knowledge. That's part of the fun, too. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? Pubul57, Thanks. I'll check it out. If I spent that much I would have to never tell anyone. Lynne | |
| Are passive preamps better? Eldartford, I later got distortion components. I only played two cd's that night after setting it up, and I thought that it was an improvement over using the preamp. But the following day when I tried other cd's I got a harshness that had not been... | |
| Are passive preamps better? It didn't work. Back to preamp. | |
| Are passive preamps better? Since I don't have the $7000 maybe somebody will start manufacturing them for a fraction of the cost. I copied your response, Eldartford. Last night I tried bypassing the preamp with my H/K HD7600ll which has a variable output option. This player ... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Thanks to absolutely everyone for the discussion. I don't know when I've learned so much about audio. I'll bet it's true that receivers and integrateds have no active preamp. That's how they sound. All of you filled a big hole in my audio experien... | |
| A DAC for my H/K HD 7600ll Thanks. Sure does. I like the price. Lynne |