[brucek]

Hi Brucek!

I was wondering if a passive preamp which is still a lot more affordable than a conventional preamp would be a good solution but as always, things do not get more affordable.

I heave heard of Blue jeans cables on Audioholics and they seem satisfied with them. The link you provided also contains balanced AES/EBU digital cables and one of them is made by Belden which is what Bryston uses as well. Blue jeans sells it for 26$ / 3ft. I paid more, much more.

So in a nutshell, I will need an active preamp and the splitting cable will be a good solution with no loss of audio quality, right?

Cheers!
Antun

I think that would be the best route to take. I would be very surprised if you heard any change in audio quality by splitting the signal from your solid state DAC to a BHA and a BP-26. The DAC has a low output impedance and both the BHA and BP-26 have high input impedance.
Also note a correction I made to my previous post. I had type typed the word active in the sentence "Additionally, with an active preamp you have to pay particular attention to cable capacitance or you'll notice the low pass filter that develops". Obviously I meant to type the word passive. I corrected my post.

brucek

[R. Daneel]

I think that would be the best route to take. I would be very surprised if you heard any change in audio quality by splitting the signal from your solid state DAC to a BHA and a BP-26. The DAC has a low output impedance and both the BHA and BP-26 have high input impedance.
Also note a correction I made to my previous post. I had type typed the word active in the sentence "Additionally, with an active preamp you have to pay particular attention to cable capacitance or you'll notice the low pass filter that develops". Obviously I meant to type the word passive. I corrected my post.

brucek

Hi Brucek!

Thank you very much! No worries, I got the meaning of it and know you meant "passive" in that sentence.

I suspected a passive solution would have a lot of "if" and "assumptions" that it can be better on certain occasions and under controlled conditions.

I will see about that Goldpoint device that Steve recommended since a selector switch could be useful. I need to think about this.

Cheers!
Antun