Originally Posted by
Sansiiro
That is encouraging. I am led to believe that active preamps are mostly for the vinyl-lovers, since the turntable signal is weak.
And having assumed that adding gain to signal is the most demanding job for the pre-amp, if we can skip that (using digital source),
the source selection and volume control could be done within a reasonable cost.
While believing there are many magnificent active preamps which will improve the sound of ANY source, I will postpone
this purchase into unforseeable future. Of course, I don't own a turntable.