To be Passive or to Not be Passive that is the Question?

[montesquieu]

Good active pre-amps are rare and expensive, even second hand.

It's weird though, vinyl seems to me to be more forgiving of the pre-amp. Whereas moving from a mediocre active pre to a decent passive in a digital system can be revelatory.

Crap or mediocre pre, perhaps. I simply refuse to believe that a passive can come close to a decent active preamp - I have certainly never heard a passive set-up I could live with long-term.

[Jimbo]

Crap or mediocre pre, perhaps. I simply refuse to believe that a passive can come close to a decent active preamp - I have certainly never heard a passive set-up I could live with long-term.

I agree with you on this one Tom. My experience has bought me to the same conclusion.

[Idlewithnodrive]

My previous 30 years had lead me to believe the same, until my current set-up.

Now I am losing nothing but nor am I adding anything

[Lawrence001]

My previous 30 years had lead me to believe the same, until my current set-up.

Now I am losing nothing but nor am I adding anything

I should have let Tom hear it first

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