Originally Posted by
anubisgrau
As above, B1 was truly the worst pre I tried and I had many. There is a problem with Pass products in recent years, they are quite far from sound level from his best works some 15-20 yrs ago. Very dull and boring, technically correct but no music.
As for the comments about units sounding different in different systems, the answer is quite simple - matching impedance. If people would think a bit more what they are trying to match, this would be more of an educated/informed and less of a trial/error game.