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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    True, but if it is more transparent it could be showing up a problem that was previously masked, as Adrian suggested.
    Indeed, or being new needs settling in time.
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    If there is nothing in the signal path, whats to settle in, bar the listeners ears.?
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    If there is nothing in the signal path, whats to settle in, bar the listeners ears.?
    I would still think cabling, solder etc, but as there is virtually nothing on this design I have no idea really if it would benefit from run in. I personally think passives can cause issues and spotlighting and tonal thinness are among those issues.

    Done a search and the lack of anything out there regarding this, even the makers single page is woefully inadequate in my opinion. According to a thread on Audio Karma lack of gain can be an issue

    And according to the maker, using it, it gets better.
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    'Spotlighting'?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    'Spotlighting'?
    Yes like video edge definition on a TV, details in music stick out like the contrast is way too high. Like someone is shining a spotlight on them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L View Post
    Yes like video edge definition on a TV, details in music stick out like the contrast is way too high. Like someone is shining a spotlight on them.
    Again this could be the case of increased transparency showing up colourations further up the chain. There's no reason a passive would be the cause of this, it should be more faithful to the source, at least in theory. Not had this issue with any passive I have tried.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L View Post
    I personally think passives can cause issues and spotlighting and tonal thinness are among those issues.
    Are you thinking this is a passive preamp? As far as I'm aware it is an active preamp.

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    It needs mains power to work but if there is nothing in the signal path it can't be adding any gain, which makes it passive, doesn't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RothwellAudio View Post
    Are you thinking this is a passive preamp? As far as I'm aware it is an active preamp.
    As I can't see what it is exactly I was taking others cue regarding what it was.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    It needs mains power to work but if there is nothing in the signal path it can't be adding any gain, which makes it passive, doesn't it?
    No, having no voltage gain doesn't make it passive. Buffers are active and have current gain.
    As an aside, transformers can have voltage gain, but they are passive.

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