matthew_s
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| Am I crazy - tube pre-amp with receiver?? Thanks.Two more questions (one objective, and probably subjective):1) If passive-pre's "work" - why have an active pre? What is it doing?2) Is it true that one can get the majority of the tube benefit by employing a tube pre-amp with a solid state... | |
| Am I crazy - tube pre-amp with receiver?? What is the difference between a "passive-pre" and an "active-pre"?Also - what is the definition of a "line stage" amp?Thanks! | |
| What makes a speaker perform well at low volume? Everyone - thanks so much for the time and effort. This has been very educational for me. Searching the internet (and suprisingly - especially this site, which at first, I thought was only about selling used stuff) has opened my eyes to a lot of o... | |
| Am I crazy - tube pre-amp with receiver?? Finally - home sweet home.Bigjoe - checked the back of the h/k - no dice - no pre-amp bypass. Thanks for the suggestion.John_tracy - thanks for the encouragement. I suppose I will go with speakers first. I guess I'll keep thinking of how to update... | |
| Am I crazy - tube pre-amp with receiver?? Thanks guys - this is all helpful.I am away on business - so I can't look behind my H/K - but I HIGHLY doubt that there is a pre-amp input. My guess was that the pre-amp would "overwhelm" the receiver if plugged into one of the component inputs.I ... |