My focus has to do with quality of the Signal path being interfered with when listening to home theater. Use a conrad-johnson preamp and the bypass function still has the signal going through all those capacitors according to people at CJ, obviously impact some hardware while passing-through and that's the question here
Preamp used in HT bypass - Signal degrade??
Is it a good idea to put a preamplifier between a Home Theater processor and your amplifiers? Initially I thought it might be good to benefit from whatever the pre-amplifier may offer but if you got a very good processor it may be pointless and detrimental.
I tried it for a while and I think passing signal through a preamplifier tends to limit some detail. It's like removing a restrictive conditioner from the power cord. Is this the case or am I imagining things? It may sound a lot clearer and open and including the preamplifier may not be a good thing. So why does anybody use a bypass component it's just another piece of hardware along the signal chain? Maybe it's a trade-off for the convenience.
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@emergingsoul What are you using for a surround processor, amps, and speakers? |
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