AA Capitole Mk II - what the evaluaions brought?

Boy I guess I raised some nose hairs on the topic of active line stages. top notch preamps seem to be a Lost Art, but with companies like Wyetech Labs, Audio Note, Zanden and few others I will still favor them over running my CD player direct.

Hififarm, I wasn't aware the Aloia Inductive CD Player was available yet. Who reviewed it? I like to read up on it. Thanks for the heads up.

Gee, what a surprise, another nudnick response from HiFi Farm. YAAAWN........

The Aloia's are rolling out as we pen our opinions.The first units have been sent to reviewers and will begin to appear soon.Dealers around the country,including Audio Areo dealers,will have them for your direct comparison by late summer.I'm anxious to read others opinions

Fortunatly or unfortunatly, I have incorporated my 2-ch into my HT using a Levinson 380S Pre. Using its UNITY GAIN (SSP mode)

I am getting the MKII but need to have it go via the ML380S. Its been recommended that I use SSP again. Will this degrade the sound ? I always was under the impression that the SSP was a pass through .. but seing the words I just typed ( Unity Gain) that maybe is a hint that there is voltage uplift ??

any suggestions ?

thanks
Matt