More than 20 years ago I scapped the preamp in favor of an outboard phono section (PS Audio) fed into a Matrix multichannel decoder (Lafayette SQ W) which was probably the best matrix decoder ever. It provided source switching, gain, and volume control. Eventually I tried out a moving coil pickup, so I had to get a preamp for that.
Today I have a SS processor (Rotel 1066) and the old PS Audio phono section is back in action with a MM phono pickup, (rarely used).
So, in summary, I think that preamps are usually a bunch of unnecessary circuitry that the signal needs to go through. Less is more.
Today I have a SS processor (Rotel 1066) and the old PS Audio phono section is back in action with a MM phono pickup, (rarely used).
So, in summary, I think that preamps are usually a bunch of unnecessary circuitry that the signal needs to go through. Less is more.