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Passives work well sometimes, others not so much

I had a couple of power amps that sounded relatively dull and lacking somewhat in dynamics driven by -- or rather through -- a passive preamp.

More recently my Schiit Freya+ in Passive mode extremely well with my Topping D90 DAC upstream and my VTV Purifi downstream using balanced connections.

As for the Khozmo it has remote control I wouldn't be without. However the price goes up for 64 step attenuation and XLR connections. Meanwhile the Schiit Kara has more twice as many attenuator steps in all modes including Passive and is less expensive than the Khozmo depending on options.




Dmitri Shostakovich



Edits: 04/22/24

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