Passive Pre - No Regrets?

I just received my Placette RVC that I had them build with a 100K input impedance. I tried the stock unit but it was lifeless due to the high output impedance of my phono stage. This one works wonderfully. There is a price premium for the larger resistors due to an increase in his costs, but if you have the need as I did then it is well worth it.

I just love having a remote volume control!

I agree 4yanx the Bent NOH is a terrific unit! I for one have no interest in active linestages any more(no matter the cost). If it ain't a TVC..I have no use for it.
FWIW Peter Daniels of Audio Sector is working on a RVC unit. Hopefully he'll have it completed and tested by spring of next year. I may try one of his to get a taste of the RVCs. The TVC is here to stay.

Good listening

I own a placette rvc and an aesthetix calypso.
After 6 months living with both, I must confess that I prefer placette. Aesthetix is a very good pre and I bought it after making a home audition with hovland 100, hovland 200, first sound deluxe and vtl 5.5. Unfortunately it does not stand a chance against aesthetix in terms of speed, transparency, soundstage.

Gmood1; I dont think you ever told us about the Bent NOH against the Promitheus on the TVC shoot out, what are your findings?

Best

Jsadurni, I like both units. I couldn't pick a real winner. Both units sounded about the same too me. The Bent was setup with 6dB extra gain. So it wasn't easy to get a volume match on both units. The Bent is the better built of the two..being all metal. Performance wise..dollar for dollar the nod goes to the Promitheus. At the price..it is unmatched at what it does.. and far beyond the price. I had communications with several owners and people that have tried one out. It may surprise some the preamps and CDPs direct that have been pitted against the little guy.

Modwright,SAS,Conrad Johnson 17LS, Copland, Loecsh/Weisner and Wright preamps,Audio Research,Wadia 860 and Levinson CDP straight into amplifiers. That's just a few of the ones I've come across...the list goes on!

If you didn't take my advice before Jsadurni and pick one up earlier. The waiting list is so long now..it's almost insane!.. 2 to 3 months at least.

I ordered two more, one for me and the other for a friend..it slaughtered his Eastern Electric MiniMax..you'll see I've sold it on Agon recently...these two are the Reference versions with fully balanced trannies,solid silver RCAs, metal top/bottom plates and a few other additions to my basic version.