"Lionel" wrote in message

trotsky wrote:


ScottW wrote:

"trotsky" wrote in message
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With your hi-fi I can believe that. Buy a real preamp.

I am considering it. My Yamaha has an intermittent output and I
don't have the time to look into it.


On paper the Parasound PPH-110 looks good. Thing is, they don't specify its
gain in a meaningful way. Price seems reasonable enough. I'm sure it would
drive a line-level input on Scott's Yamaha.

The manufacturer's pedigree seems good.

http://www.parasound.com/products/sp...h100specs.html

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/pr...0&InfoType=1&P
ageTitle=Specifications

I would like simple phono preamp with enough drive for my
passive attenuator.

It's not clear that the PPH-100 has enough output to drive a power amp
directly.

http://www.parasound.com/pdfs/PPH-100Brochure.pdf says that it has enough
gain to drive "line-drive preamps" which is a hopeful sign.

Passive preamps = passive sound quality. Always.

Isn't "passive sound" just another way of saying "sonically transparent"?

****ing guy = ****ing advices. Always.

Really. Only Singh would be so stupid as to come out against the most
distortion-free form of audio level control known to man.

My recollection of history is that his opinion of them REALLY went into the
commode when he heard that Pinkerton and I both favor them.

I suspect Singh's real problem with passive preamps is that they don't
facilitate driving power amps into gross clipping.