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I've had a passive preamp but it had lack of dynamics and treble. Would using XLR cables cure that?
Have never cared for the cabinet look though.
The Tortuga LDR1B-V2 is the perfect fit with one balanced input and two balanced outputs. There are no switches anywhere in the signal path. It's the only passive I've ever heard that has all of the bass power and punch that I had only previously heard from actives. The top end is clean and extended. Great midrange articulation and sense of instrumental timbre. It also has wonderful staging both L/R and depth.A key feature that I've come to appreciate is that you can set input impedance from the remote to any value between 2k and 200k, keeping any five settings in memory that you can configure and select from the remote on the fly. This feature alone has proved to be very important in my system to get the most from the source. The last I looked, the 1B lists for $1800 with a 10% discount available. Specify the Neotech high purity copper wiring upgrade for an extra $50 or so.I'm not kidding, this thing is a giant killer, besting several preamps priced in the five figures in comparisons that I've tried.
I completely agree. You just need to make sure your source is up to the task.