What's the purpose of a preamp?

[Macca]

Not also the Croft? You seemed to love it every time you've heard it



Then we'll have to agree to disagree [and i'm with Anthony here], particularly if the "softening" concerned is as a result of signal degradation, which I contend it is.

Marco.

Your Croft is very good indeed, but I have not preferred it in the 3 times we have baked off now - it's different but not preferable (to me). The ML I have not baked off against but it does the job exactly the way I prefer it done. I don't need to hear it in my own system to be sure of that. Also you can buy the ML which is not the case with your Croft, as isn't really a Croft anymore, is it?