Chatta, that is beyond question. I've been going back forth on this a long time, I've concluded that great active linestages are better than passives, but that passives are better than many actives. But there is no doubt, that if you are on a budget, you will get exceptionally good performance from a passive for far less money than getting something comparable from an active at any where near the price point. A nice feature of the CD player is that it has a low and high output level, I can tell you with 4v output stage, there is no loss of dynamics with the passive setup (not reall a problem with 2v either).
Who is using passive preamps and why?
Seldom has there been any discussions on passive preamps in the forums and although my experience with them has been limited I have found them so far to be very enjoyable and refreshingly different. They seem to fall into their own category, somewhere between solid state and tube. Finding a preamp that is satisfing has been difficult. Some active solid state preamps can be very good but they seem to inject grain to some degree in the upper registers and some tube preamps are not too far behind. So far I think they should at least be matched up with an amp that has sufficient gain which is often overlooked. Which passives are you using and with what amp? Why do you like them?
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