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Yes, passive is a better way to go, IMO.

Hi.

No gain no 'pain' sonically.

Even the best amp design employing active devices like tubes, discrete bi-polars & chips, there is always distortion due to non-linear transfer of the signals.

Passive topolopy is the better evil than active provided there are enough gain & power to drive the loudspeakers properly.

So keep the active stages minimum to prevent too much gain to overload the headroom needed for the powerstage to swing.

As I posted here last week, even a 2051 chip can be built into a fine sound power amp winning the "Best of 2006" award. The designer
built the simple amp more simple by employing a simple non-inductive
stepped volume attenuator.

Less can deliver more.

c-J


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