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RE: Should I replace my passive preamp with tubes?

Posted by josh358 on February 22, 2017 at 08:38:58:
Years ago, I went in the opposite direction, replacing my Conrad-Johnson PV-5 with a passive pre that I built myself. I never looked back. However good it is, an amplification device can only add distortion and coloration and so will never sound as good as a passive pre unless you have other problems in the chain such as inadequate gain to drive the power amp to the desired level, an impedance issue, or anemic output stages that distort at higher levels.