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<blockquote data-quote="DidUHearThat?" data-source="post: 4938083" data-attributes="member: 594758">Actually it&#039;s best to choose devices with similar impedences, not just lower.&nbsp; Having two or 3 low impedence devices would be great, but, as Squeak expained above, if one is high impedence you could have an impedence mismatch that can cause serious noise problems and even preamp failure.&nbsp; It would be better to have all the devices high impedence than to mix high and low.You want the output of one device to match the input of the next device.&nbsp; It&#039;s very similar to the idea of matching sub impedence to the amplifiers output.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t really matter much what the impedence is, you just want them to match to get the best performance from both.Some devices can have very different input and output signals.When trying to match devices you want to match balanced/unbalanced, voltage range and impedence range, outputs to inputs for each device.A 4 volt unbalanced 2k ohm output signal is very different from a balanced 4 volt 50 ohm input stage and they would not match up very well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DidUHearThat?, post: 4938083, member: 594758"] Actually it's best to choose devices with similar impedences, not just lower. Having two or 3 low impedence devices would be great, but, as Squeak expained above, if one is high impedence you could have an impedence mismatch that can cause serious noise problems and even preamp failure. It would be better to have all the devices high impedence than to mix high and low. You want the output of one device to match the input of the next device. It's very similar to the idea of matching sub impedence to the amplifiers output. It doesn't really matter much what the impedence is, you just want them to match to get the best performance from both. Some devices can have very different input and output signals. When trying to match devices you want to match balanced/unbalanced, voltage range and impedence range, outputs to inputs for each device. A 4 volt unbalanced 2k ohm output signal is very different from a balanced 4 volt 50 ohm input stage and they would not match up very well. [/QUOTE]

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