Straight wire and gain linestage?

Sorry, Bob. I wasn't making a joke. I'm dyslexic and I thought, maybe he's dyslexic too. I found a Lead preamp with Russian tubes in the volume control, which I thought was funny. They were guarranteed for 90 days. But then I found the ELAD. It looks very interesting. I like that it has not much gain--6 db, I think. Thanks. Lynne

Endler Audio has a generous return policy, although he seems to be set on a single resistor value which can't be right for all systems, but he's the engineer and I am not. Certainly worth a try; the price is quite reasonable and he has some cool options. I am neither customer nor user but passives can work well in the right set up. I still my miss my tube-buffered line driver. FWIW, two of current systems run 6 dB gain, just right for 2V sources.

Endler Audio has a generous return policy, although he seems to be set on a single resistor value which can't be right for all systems, but he's the engineer and I am not. Certainly worth a try; the price is quite reasonable and he has some cool options. I am neither customer nor user but passives can work well in the right set up. I still my miss my tube-buffered line driver. FWIW, two of current systems run 6 dB gain, just right for 2V sources.