@mbmi - Have you heard the Audio-gd and what preamps are you making your statement against? Also, the reviewer offers zero context as to what against that preamp is the best ever he's heard
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Are there any rules with matching power amp with a preamp? I know about input and output impendence, where power amp should have at least 10x bigger input impendence . Asking this because I have XA30.5, driven by Primaluna Evo 400 preamp, and have slight problems with total gain. Primaluna has 10db of gain, Pass has 26db, and I have to use XLR attenuators between those two since music is just too loud, I can't go beyond 9 o'clock on volume pot (tested several position of attenuators, and on Pass XLR input they are totally transparent, no change in quality, just 10db less gain). |
Agree with @jjss49 depends totally on what sound characteristics you’re looking for and how they match with your amp. What pre are you using now? I wouldn’t even consider purchasing a preamp until you’ve heard the amp in your system and identify more concretely what you want in a preamp. Just my $0.02 FWIW. |
@runwell "I do not suggest a tube preamp with any SS amplifier,as it is not a good match." Have you had a tube pre and SS amp in your system; if so what were the components. I have a Modwright LS100 tube pre and KWA100SE solid state power amp in my main system, sounds just fine.
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