Is Nelson's pre as good as his amp ?

the aleph-p is one of the best pre's in the world.....i have compared it to almost everything that s out there.......new & old....still one of the best active pre available........its up the ai m-3......again a lot depends on your amps and there sensativity ratings and all that great stuff.....

The Aleph amps prefer a balanced input signal. The Aleph P is a great preamp that mates well with the amp series.

>The Aleph amps prefer a balanced input signal

What? These are the original single-ended solid state designs. As I recall, the Aleph 3 doesn't even accept a balanced input.

Drubin you are correct about the Aleph 3, it only has RCA inputs, but all the others are fully balanced designs and for maximum performance they require a balance input signal. If you doubt me, contact Pass and see what they say.

The Aleph 2 manual says that there is no penalty in audio quality for using the RCA inputs.