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RE: I'm 95% convinced I want to change to a passive preamp. Thoughts?

Most likely your system will need a buffer anyway between sources and amp, regardess of gain stage involved.

I go back and forth, but in general, I find that with my SS amps, I prefer my Grounded Grid tubed preamp in the path- more dynamics, less grain in loudest passages and vocals. Perhaps a tiny bit of detail is lost using the active gain.

When I use just a passive attenuator, I found I still needed a buffer.

Options are great, if the Schiit offers you buffer with active tube gain or just passive buffer I bet at times you will enjoy it both ways.

Are we sure that the Schiit tube is actually in a gain stage in the signal path though?

I think some of the less expensive tube preamps are really op-amp preamps with a tube lighting up just for show?



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