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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 2268154" data-attributes="member: 560358">I&#039;m not really sure of your install and your needs, but if I were to buy a preamp,I would seek a higher voltage preout design with balanced outputs, andobvisously, low noise.... but is your amp able to cope with the higher voltagepreouts?That&#039;s why I don&#039;t admire home audio amps very much in the sensethat they don&#039;t have gain controls and lack signal processing, features you canuse to optimize performance.&nbsp; If you really think about it, home audio hasbeen stuck in the dark ages vs. car and pro audio. People use high voltagepreouts in car and pro audio, but not common in home audio. People adjustamp gain for best noise performance, but not in home audio. People takeadvantage of signal processing more in car and pro audio, less in home audio.The list goes on and on. What about balanced preamp signals? This is standardin proaudio {you don&#039;t pay extra for it}, but in car and home audio it&#039;s a premiumitem...&nbsp; All these things they do in proaudio and don&#039;t charge extra, are big$$$ items elsewhere in spite that it&#039;s so easy and cheap to implement.Too much audio comedy everywhere. If you wanted just a preamp, a signal boosterwith volume knob, a simple DIY project can be made. You can make it balancedwith high voltage output with very little thinking about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 2268154, member: 560358"] I'm not really sure of your install and your needs, but if I were to buy a preamp, I would seek a higher voltage preout design with balanced outputs, and obvisously, low noise.... but is your amp able to cope with the higher voltage preouts? That's why I don't admire home audio amps very much in the sense that they don't have gain controls and lack signal processing, features you can use to optimize performance. If you really think about it, home audio has been stuck in the dark ages vs. car and pro audio. People use high voltage preouts in car and pro audio, but not common in home audio. People adjust amp gain for best noise performance, but not in home audio. People take advantage of signal processing more in car and pro audio, less in home audio. The list goes on and on. What about balanced preamp signals? This is standard in proaudio {you don't pay extra for it}, but in car and home audio it's a premium item... All these things they do in proaudio and don't charge extra, are big $$$ items elsewhere in spite that it's so easy and cheap to implement. Too much audio comedy everywhere. If you wanted just a preamp, a signal booster with volume knob, a simple DIY project can be made. You can make it balanced with high voltage output with very little thinking about it. [/QUOTE]

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