How do you know if your amp will work with a Passive preamp ??

[Akustic]

To a degree this thread is pointing up the fact that the inter-actions between amps and preamps is complicated and doesn't seem very predictable ..
Thanks for all of the help .. I'll just use the active preamp for now and explore options ..
Sounds like changing cables around would be a good place to start ..

 

[ev13wt]

Retracted
Was crap.

 

[sqlsavior]

If your passive preamp sounds "thin", or lacks dynamics, try one based on magnetic attenuation:
https://flic.kr/p/BHUbp7
If some of your sources are a little too quiet, get the +6dB option.

 

[Pio1980]

To a degree this thread is pointing up the fact that the inter-actions between amps and preamps is complicated and doesn't seem very predictable ..
Thanks for all of the help .. I'll just use the active preamp for now and explore options ..
Sounds like changing cables around would be a good place to start ..

It's simple and inexpensive to try it with a basic passive controller without spending major bux, and worth keeping around as a parity check on the effects of a given preamp vs a standard.

 

[Akustic]

It's simple and inexpensive to try it with a basic passive controller without spending major bux, and worth keeping around as a parity check on the effects of a given preamp vs a standard.

Makin sense ..
And it's fine with the other amps..

 

[Akustic]

Conceptually, impedance is a damnedably complicated phenomenon ..and I always bail out before I completely understand it ..