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Passive preamps are more difficult to get properly integrated because of the potential impedance mismatch. A mismatch that can also vary by volume setting. Also, without active input/output buffers, the individual components' circuit electrical characteristics will travel through the entire chain, e.g. the downstream amplifier's input circuit is "seen" by the DAC's output circuit. This in itself can make the volume settings inaccurate, in addition to having an impact on other aspects of the sound character. Lastly, although this is probably less of an issue in my opinion, people do want gain on occasion. |
smodtacticalThey are, and now going direct because so many sources now have volume controls are taking over from them now. But if you don’t have source volume control passives are the next most transparent/dynamic/uncoloured way of having a volume contrpol. A Quote from Nelson Pass
Cheers George |
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