Granny, I agree with George in that the 225 is very "passive friendly" as long as output impedance of source isn't too high. However, its input impedance is 51K.....not 100K. Also, most every source has at least 2V output.
What concerns me is the tube preamp. I'm pretty sure Srajean at 6moons said to be very cautious pairing the 225 with a tube preamp. The 225 has no DC protection so any DC leakage goes straight to the speakers! Not good.
IMO, the 225's specs SCREAM passive. I'm not going to get into the passive vs active debate hear. That's another topic for another thread.
What puzzles me is at 84db, your speakers are not efficient. I would think you would hear LESS hiss and hum beacause of that.
That said, I think your active preamp is putting out too much gain for your extremely sensitive, 35db job.
Like I said, im FAR from an expert with this here. Just my 2 cents.
What concerns me is the tube preamp. I'm pretty sure Srajean at 6moons said to be very cautious pairing the 225 with a tube preamp. The 225 has no DC protection so any DC leakage goes straight to the speakers! Not good.
IMO, the 225's specs SCREAM passive. I'm not going to get into the passive vs active debate hear. That's another topic for another thread.
What puzzles me is at 84db, your speakers are not efficient. I would think you would hear LESS hiss and hum beacause of that.
That said, I think your active preamp is putting out too much gain for your extremely sensitive, 35db job.
Like I said, im FAR from an expert with this here. Just my 2 cents.