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gary
29-08-2008, 22:56
What is a good Pre amp doing to the sound you hear and is source direct the answer

combwork
30-08-2008, 08:47
What is a good Pre amp doing to the sound you hear and is source direct the answer

What is "source direct"? As far as I know the only source with enough signal strength to drive a power amp directly is a CD/DVD player. A record deck has to have a pre-amp of some sort simply to kick the power up enough to drive the power amp, doesn't it?

Marco
30-08-2008, 08:47
Hi Gary,

Peter (User34) has already covered this very subject:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1008

You may wish to comment there :)

Marco.