Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!cs.yale.edu!tarr-michael From: tarr-michael@YALE.EDU (michael tarr) Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end Subject: Re: Passive Preamp Message-ID: <19728@cs.yale.edu> Date: 21 Mar 90 22:32:52 GMT References: <9003170016.AA25031@psyche.mit.edu> <3005@uwm.edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: tarr-michael@YALE.EDU (michael tarr) Organization: Department of Psychology, Yale University Lines: 6 Approved: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu One problem with bypassing the preamp is that you need a volume control and from my experience the variable output on most CD players sounds far worse than the fixed output (i.e the SONY 508ES). Any guesses as to why this may be true? Mike