rexaeterna ever think about trying a passive preamp? I upgraded to a nice power amp with passive pre and it made a big quality difference
edit: passive pre with stepped attenuator I mean, not pot
Haven't tried that yet but, maybe in near future. I was thinking of them before but, the amount of voltage headroom at the inputs(especially very weak sources) can sometimes be annoying and I use tons of multiple sources at once all the time at home, especially since my g/f is the big gamer and movie watcher so, my mixer becomes extremely useful. It's 9v max rms output is handy driving very weak sources and multiple/linked amps(I use 2 dedicated amps for different subs).
I will look into it though. I still play with audio stuff. Just things like speaker upgrades and amps I'm pretty settled for home. My redone altecs does everything I need it to do. Next goal is to actively try bi-amping them but, while I have the amps and crossovers I'll still wait cause I really don't feel like ripping out the big crossover box( it's like built-in external crossover box) and I like the sound of them. I also have more then enough amplifier headroom to make up any losses in the crossover to ensure better coherent phase response.
I will take your suggestion of course and try it out in near future. I just haven't bothered reviewing everything I experienced with in the past and now much...
