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Re: If I decided to keep it simple....

Being tube with a passive attenuator at the output the EAR may struggle to drive the 10k input impedance of the Masterlink. It may work,
but then again, it may not work (very well).

An alternative is the Aqvox Phono 2Ci which has switcheable gain settings in addition to front-mounted pots that control another ~10dB
of gain range (true gain, not attenuation). The output is buffered (RCA and XLR) and drives the 10k well.

While sonically very good, the Aqvox is at the lighter/greyer side of things, while I expect the EAR to be darker/colourful.

I reviewed the Aqvox at TNT. The manufacturer has lots of links to other reviews at his site.




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