Quote Originally Posted by brian2957 View Post
+1 on Gary's new amp . I've heard it a couple of times now and it's stunning . Gary tells me that it sounds even better since the last time I heard it
Quote Originally Posted by lurcher View Post
Yes, ironically given this thread, but we have just found out that the noise floor of his preamp is now a limiting factor.
How much gain does it have? I recently sold a Consonance Cyber 222 Mk2 pre for this very reason. It had 28dB of gain! My passives work well into my power amps, so that was somewhat excessive. Part of my liking for passives is the low noise floor, especially as I listen late at night at very low levels. And resistive passives have lacked drive in my system.