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In Reply to: Not about the Volume Level for me..... posted by AbeCollins on September 10, 2023 at 07:07:58:
"It has been my experience that passive preamps require more critical component matching between the source to the preamp and preamp to amp. Additionally my best sounding passive setup had a somewhat 'hot' source..."
That has been my experience as well. I bought a Truth (Arthur Salvatore's reference) buffered passive years ago. While its clarity always impressed me, it didn't have the musical drive I enjoyed.
It sat around largely unused for many years, until I bought a PS Audio Stellar phono stage, which has an unusually high output voltage. At some point I cycled The Truth in place of my tube preamp and I gained clarity and detail, and but the dynamics remained.
When I ordered my Geshelli Labs J2 DAC, which I believe normally has a 1.8 volt output, they increased the output for me to 4.0 volts, at no extra charge. My previous digital source, a Marantz CD6006 CD player, had a 2.2 V RMS output and required a preamp with gain to give me the dynamics. The Geshelli, with its modified to 4 Volt output, works well with The Truth.
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Follow Ups
- "full-bodied robustness and dynamics" - 1973shovel 09/10/2310:24:09 09/10/23 (4)
- RE: "full-bodied robustness and dynamics" - AbeCollins 09:08:08 09/11/23 (3)
- RE: "it's not just about the volume level" - 1973shovel 06:52:25 09/12/23 (2)
- Easy to do with op amp based circuits - E-Stat 06:02:42 09/13/23 (1)
- That makes sense - 1973shovel 03:19:55 09/14/23 (0)
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