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In Reply to: RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations posted by rogerh113 on June 20, 2025 at 08:57:54:
It's all a matter of opinion and personal preference keeping in mind there is no perfect preamp or passive attenuator. Engineering is all about where you choose your trade-offs. There are many in every design. Some like transformer based passives, some prefer resistor based passives. I've been there and personally prefer the dynamics, convenience, and un-finicky active preamp whether vacuum tube or solid-state.
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- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - AbeCollins 06/20/2511:12:02 06/20/25 (24)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - morricab 01:44:54 06/23/25 (0)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - Tre' 15:33:07 06/20/25 (20)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - rogerh113 17:45:37 06/20/25 (19)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - Tre' 19:05:00 06/20/25 (18)
- Volume pots reduce dynamic range by adding thermal noise while attenuating. - Ugly 09:30:42 07/1/25 (0)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - morricab 01:53:19 06/23/25 (1)
- A vacuum tube doesn't need any - Tre' 08:51:05 06/24/25 (0)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - AbeCollins 19:59:56 06/20/25 (14)
- Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - alaskahiatt 12:34:02 06/21/25 (13)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - morricab 01:55:16 06/23/25 (5)
- Wow! What an opposite experience. Thanks for your contribution. nt - alaskahiatt 12:53:28 06/23/25 (4)
- RE: Wow! What an opposite experience. Thanks for your contribution. nt - rogerh113 16:20:35 06/23/25 (3)
- Yeah, price changes the comparisons for sure. However, the sound problems - alaskahiatt 22:32:46 06/23/25 (2)
- One trick pony for transparency but dynamics usually suffer. - AbeCollins 09:27:22 06/24/25 (1)
- RE: One trick pony for transparency but dynamics usually suffer. - Geofdillon@gmail.com 13:08:58 06/26/25 (0)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - Tre' 17:31:12 06/21/25 (6)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - Cougar 08:10:33 06/22/25 (0)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - AbeCollins 21:40:57 06/21/25 (4)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - rogerh113 01:25:43 06/22/25 (3)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - AbeCollins 04:35:00 06/22/25 (2)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - rogerh113 07:34:06 06/22/25 (1)
- RE: Reviews of the Sonic Euphoria TVC preamp mentioned no loss of dynamics. - AbeCollins 19:02:50 06/22/25 (0)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - rogerh113 12:20:51 06/20/25 (1)
- RE: Autoformers and transformers have their own sound colorations - AbeCollins 12:56:35 06/20/25 (0)