Contact Rodger Modjeski at [email protected]. He provided me with a volume control/passive pre-amp that has made the sound of my Cambridge d500se and Music Reference RM-10 amp clearer, cleaner and more musical. Big improvement in image as well, the speakers have disappeared. I don't find any loss of attack, dynamics or bass but a few classical discs, Reference Recordings, need to have the pot turned up all the way. Eliminating the active pre-amp is the way to go.
Passive pre-amp in a cable?
I am wondering if the following works: Can I just take a pair of interconnects, cut em, and insert a stereo pot to create a passive pre-amp equivalent?
If so, do I wire it up as follows?
CD PLAYER OUTPUT
| Ground | Signal
| |
| ___/_ |
+--|10/0K|--+
| -/---
| /
| +--------+
| |
| Ground | Signal
POWER AMP INPUT
Any help appreciated as to hookups, and the correct value for the pot? I'll be using a CD player which has a discrete output stage that put puts about 2V swing, in to a small tube amp.
If so, do I wire it up as follows?
CD PLAYER OUTPUT
| Ground | Signal
| |
| ___/_ |
+--|10/0K|--+
| -/---
| /
| +--------+
| |
| Ground | Signal
POWER AMP INPUT
Any help appreciated as to hookups, and the correct value for the pot? I'll be using a CD player which has a discrete output stage that put puts about 2V swing, in to a small tube amp.