Thanks - I only needed clarification on this for my own education. You specialise in passive pres so I guess there's nothing simpler than using one in the audio chain without any disadvantages that are being banded around out there - good to know you chaps are there to square up the truth.Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:14 pm Depends on the power amp. With NVA amps and most others NO. It depends on the input load in the power amp for the pre-amp, and cable capacitance as well which with a passive is important to keep low.. Valves always love passives (all), some transistor amps like Naim do not.
It is all marketing bullshit per usual, why do you want to read these eeediots, just borrow, loan, buy and return, use your ears with your music in your system. Why do you think these people know more than you do, they don't they just want your money. this thread is getting like Wigwam thread, there is only one answer to anything, you, your music, your room, your system, your available funds.
Except maybe - digital attenuation given enough 'bit' headroom - that should be as pure as it gets when it comes to altering the volume from a digital source. My Auralic Mini has a 'supposed' 64 bit software volume control option - and if I engage this, then attenuating 16 bit streams should be done losslessly in the digital domain (in theory). Only that should be better than any analogue volume control in existence.