Passive or Active Preamp for Tube Monos

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tran844

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Passive or Active Preamp for Tube Monos
« on: 25 Apr 2004, 12:02 am »
:? I have a pair of ASL mono blocks using KT88's. I have a line on an McCormack TLC-1. Need advice

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Re: Passive or Active Preamp for Tube Monos
« Reply #1 on: 25 Apr 2004, 02:35 am »
Quote from: tran844
:? I have a pair of ASL mono blocks using KT88's. I have a line on an McCormack TLC-1. Need advice


depends on your sources, interconnects & speakers, imo..  if ya have really efficient speakers, really short i/c's between amp & pre, & hi-voltage sources, (or at least two of the three), then yure gonna be ok.  otherwise, i'd recommend active preamp.

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