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Passive intergrated Amps

Sorry if this has been discussed before...

A lot of my friends here in London have a simple 2ch, which they use for CD replay only. We tend to spend about £1000 to 2000 on the entire system (Arcam/Creek/Linn etc) I was wondering if anyone made a 'passive integrated' (i.e. no pre amp gain, etc, just an attenuator) obviously accepting only line level inputs (most of us hook up only a CD anyway)

Not having a needless headphone circuit would be a plus too.

Anyone heard of such an animal?

cheers,
RR
snobgoblinf669
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
The 47 Labs Gaincard amp with built-in volume attneuator may fit the bill. Also, If you already own a power amp the Luminous Audio AXIOM passive preamp for $150 is pretty damn good.
joeabrams
132 posts
 
Try portalaudio.com/panache.html
snobgoblinf669 OP
13 posts
 
Hmmm... the gaincard does sound tempting, but I was looking at the $1500 level. Passive preamps I've heard of, but then that's adding another box... less room for me in my small London flat!

Thanks anyway..
mattybumpkin
590 posts
 
The Creek 5350SE pre-amp section is passive and provides no gain. Does have headphone jack though.

Regards,
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
RR,

Someone is selling a 50wpc Gaincard on Audiogon for $1750.

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstran&1065225081

The Luminous Audio AXIOM passive preamp is tiny. Much smaller than a VHS video cassette. It's so small because it doesn't do any switching. It has inputs and outputs for just one source.

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?preatran&1065276987

Have a look!
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