Welp wife got the audio system in the divorce. Was a funny conversation actually:
me: "So I guess I'll take the audio system, you don't need it."
her: "I was hoping to keep it. I'm too spoiled now for regular audio."
me: "lmfao, uh, yeah, ok. I don't have any place for it right now anyway and I...
Why does my C28 not play nice with contemporary high-powered amps? I connect, say, a 200wpc class-D amp and I get so much hiss I can't listen to music. And I am using shielded RCA cables between the pre and the amp.
Then, when I replace the C28 with a Schiit SYS, all the hiss goes away...