Passive Preamp Recommendations?

The Promethius TVCs are very good. I owned the Ref 4 and still have the top of the line statement, although its been bumped out of the system by the superb Coincident statement line stage.
The Promethius TVCs are a lot of bang for the buck.

Over the years I've had 1k passives all the way to 22k passives and many in between and while passives do many things well once you switch back to an active pre it all comes together. You should give a passive a try but in the end you will find a well made active will give you the most satisfaction, I know I did.

I'm with you sksos1

Atmasphere has it right. You have to be very careful about the impedances you are working with (interconnects, amplifier) or you can actually make things worse with a passive "preamp". I once had a preamp that had both active and passive modes, and the passive mode caused very noticeable rolloff of the high frequencies, just as Atmasphere has described. If you really want a passive preamp, try it first in your system before you commit to spending money.

Jgiacalo,

I have a First Watt B1 buffer preamplifier that I'm no longer using. It's an outstanding piece that is totally transparent and you don't have the impedance issues to worry about. Send me an email and maybe we can work something out.

Tim