Posted by kaaos (A) on January 30, 2006 at 21:31:55

In Reply to: AN kit 1 with pre amp...? Pinging Kaaos and Zeke posted by Balle Clorin on January 29, 2006 at 07:08:58:

Hi Balle,

I use to have Kit 1 and in my system and to my ears it sounded better with pre-amp (Foreplay II). There was just much more of everything and it sounded much more musical than without pre-amp. Maybe it was a synergy with speakers I had at that time (Audio Note AN-E) or CD player but the difference was big. Anyhow the position on the amplifier pot was always at half (12.00 hours) and I would attenuate the volume on Foreplay.
I also tried some other pre-amps at that time and Foreplay sounded better than most.

Unfortunately I don't know the answer about bypassing input stage.

Regards
Goran