somehow preamps are ignored. So the question is "Do all preamps sound alike? If the answer is something like "Yes, so long as they are competently designed", then specifying what constitutes "competent design" for a preamp would help immensely....

help with the HDTV signal? Has anybody used a >preamp? If so, how well did it help with the signal? A good, CLEAN preamp at the antenna feedpoint is better than one at the TV. The reason is that the preamp can drive the line, eliminating most of the...

4 mic inputs. Who makes a mixer that small with decent preamps? I'm considering upgrading my Gina 20-bit A/D/A hardware to the new 24-bit/96-kHz model which also has built-in mic preamps. Are these preamps worth having? 3. Where's a good place to...

a bypass on the preamp? What preamp is it? Kal On 8 Apr 2004 14:30:20 GMT, "Torin" wrote: >what i want to do is keep my existing high end phono capable preamp along >with my existing amp configuration and then add surround decoding without >affecting...

starved plate design exaggerates the nonlinearities, sure. But most of the euphonic distortion in a real tube preamp has nothing to do with the tubes. The distortion spectrum of a real tube preamp bears no resemblance to that of one of the Tube MP units...

48 -0700, "WJ" wrote: >I'd like to tap off the house snake to feed a multitrack recorder through a >set of dedicated mic preamps. The preamps I'm looking at have an input >impedance of 2K ohms. Can I get good results from using simple cable >splitters,...

pre-amp (booster) can make the difference between reception and no reception, especially is situations where the signal is weak. A good preamp is the Channel Master 7777. It provides a separate pre-amp for VHF and one for UHF, combined in the same housing....

Wal-Mart sells these) is perhaps a good first-order approximation to see how well a pre-amp will do without going through all the investment of a pre-amp. Of course, the greatest benefit is to have a proper pre-amp on the antenna rather than something...

Fergus Hammond wrote: > She bought a MOTU 828mkII and a pre-amp (I'm not sure what brand or > model). The 828mkII has pre-amps. > She's using inexpensive lapel microphones from RadioShack that > she's had good experience with in the past on simpler...

from its own batter > or phantom power (I guess meaning a preamp). No phantom power does not mean a preamp. Phantom power is a method of powering microphones so that you don't have to use batteries, etc. Many preamps provide phantom power, but it...