Pubul, the output voltage isn't the issue, just about any CD player has enough voltage to drive any amplifier to full volume. The problem occurs when the CD player output impedance (Zout) is too high compared to the load it sees which is a combination of the input impedance (Zin) that it sees from the passive and the amp.
Many passives have a Zin of 10K or less and this is further reduce by the Zin of the amp. At full volume they are in parallel so a 10K passive and a 10K amp would result in a 5K load for the pre. That is problematic for many CD players and phono stages no matter how much voltage they can generate with no load applied.
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Many passives have a Zin of 10K or less and this is further reduce by the Zin of the amp. At full volume they are in parallel so a 10K passive and a 10K amp would result in a 5K load for the pre. That is problematic for many CD players and phono stages no matter how much voltage they can generate with no load applied.
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