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I have been running either a Bent Audio or Warpspeed for past 2 years. Thinking my system is sounding lean (Mccormack dna 125 is my amp) - has anyone gone from passive to a tube preamp with good success or am I just looking for change for change?
.With a 0.5V input sensitivity coupled to a 2V CD source...You don't need gain. I prefer the Bent TAP-X over the LDR. I found the Bent more listenable. Dwight
Yes, a quality CD/DVD player delivers typically 2Vrms O/P signal on 600R O/P impedance via its built-in buffer, it can drive direct any power amps, SS or tube regardless - no sweats. Such low O/P Z can handle interconnects of reasonable lengths for home audio use - no loss of signal quality.So NO need to add an active linestage or an active buffer, which deliver redundant gain (even 10dB!) plus 'bonus' harmonic distortion & phase distortion added to the music. How low the volume control of an active linestage has to set to prevent overloading the power amps already proves the fact of too much redundant gain."Fuller" "warm" tonal sensation is the distortion generated by any active devices we are listening. Sorry I want clean, neutral, see-thru transparent distortion-free sound that no active devices can really deliver.c-J
"Fuller" "warm" tonal sensation is the distortion generated by any active devices we are listening. Sorry I want clean, neutral, see-thru transparent distortion-free sound that no active devices can really deliver.c-J
Oh boy, here we go again. Those that prefer actives like to listen to distortion.....doncha know! Same with SET lovers. Gets tedious.Call it distortion or whatever you want, who cares? Choose the one that sounds more pleasing to you. Isn't that the objective? No need to justify anything, or make any kind of a theoretical explanation.