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Turntable and a Passive pre?

I've been looking to upgrade my preamp, so my latest bit o' kit to audition is a borrowed (custom) Passive 'preamp' - my first experience with a Passive - and I'm really digging the result!

...thing Is I'm a also a vinyl guy,so this only helps with the little Silver discs...

the question then is: is it possible (or practical) to drive a passive Pre with something like an Ear Phono pre? (the Phono Pre I've been eyeing - pardon the pun)
or is a Passive a no-go with a phono pre? or is this simply an issue of matching the phono pre and amp Impedences?

thanks!
breeno

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peterb
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I'm in a similar situation. Tomorrow I will receive a Bent NOH transformer based passive.
Passives don't like sources with high output impedance, but with a solid state phono stage, this won't be a problem.
More important is the gain level of the phono stage.
If you can manage to get a signal which is close to the cd level, you should be fine...
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