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Not all passives are created equally..But skip to last paragraph for my main point


You seem to be under the mistaken impression that *all* passive line stages give the same results in any given system. That is simply not the case. Passive are no more one size fits all than active pres. You don't necessarily rule out *all* passives simply because one did not work out. The poster could have tried a passive and failed to get the desired results but then tried a different passive and gotten a lot better, even satisfactory results.

I would venture that the Placette passive line stage or one like it with a 132 step volume control would work quite well, or, at minimum, much better, in Brian's system. On the other hand a less expensive passive line stage with 12 or 24 (typical for many) step volume control would probably fail miserably.

It's the *volume control* not just that it is passive (or active) that can make the audible difference.

Ozzy seems clearly capable of defending his statements if he so chooses (or bothers), but it is clear to me that his advice is on solid ground *especially*, but not only because, he suggested that Brian explore a passive line stage *or* (that you conveniently glossed over) a lower gain line stage. (By the way, Ozzy [and hundreds of others] have provided system descriptions in Inmate Systems. You might consider doing the same).

You can continue to play *gotcha* and cherry pick his (and others) suggestion because he "slipped up", in your view, and included "passive" as an *alternative* in his recommendation, but that speaks more to an emphatic negativity coming from you versus his and others attempts to be positive and helpful to resolve an all to common audio problem raised by Brian. Your choice.

Robert C. Lang


Edits: 01/08/09
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