mikechadwick
pfm Member
Thank you....and Mike is a top chap.
Thank you....and Mike is a top chap.
Just to put the sale in context. I was using a single input headphone amp (Tron Antares) and needed the preamp for the three sources I use. A month or so ago I bought a Luxman P750U headphone amp which has three inputs (!). Suddenly the MFA is pretty redundant for me.gosh and this just popped up, just a few months old and less than a v1 s/h !!!!!
https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/the-worlds-best-pre-amp-mfa-baby-reference-v2.233782/
Are you sure the Townshend Allegri is using resistors?Indeed yes! Oh and you may get more steps to the attenuator and hopefully a mega quality switch that lasts for years in an expensive one. Other than that... nah.. a resistors a resistor basically!
It uses autoformers.Are you sure the Townshend Allegri is using resistors?
Are you sure the Townshend Allegri is using resistors?
I neither know nor care but if it uses autotransformers then I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!
What's so wrong with autoformers?
Same thing that's wrong with any and all transformers in the audio path... colouration, ringing, distortion and reduced bandwidth. Many love them. I would never use them. A normal passive consisting of nothing but resistors and switch contacts measures vastly better.
If you must have low impedance drive to the next stage then use a buffer or an active pre as it's less intrusive.
And this is pretty much where what seem to be the benefits of passives run into the real world.
They often present significant impedance mismatches to the source drives them. IME, this can be a particular problem for phono stages. If what you want is something between a line source (at 2V) and, say a Quad power amp, it's great.
If not, then, possibly not.
Thanks for the replies.
What a weird reply ... are you sure you are all right?I neither know nor care but if it uses autotransformers then I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!
Yep, passive and the allegri have been a revelation for me too .. outperform some well liked active pre ... so not sure about that dude armless knowing much about anything ...You won’t close this thread so easily
Arkless knows the proper stuff but all I know is passive was a revelation for me. The Khozmo trounced the Michell Orca that I loved and that trounced the Naim 52 that trounced the 82 with umpteen psus. The only active pre that’s really impressed was a top of the range Dynavector and the Khozmo trounces that. (I think).
Khozmo user here...bought one used off the Wam, it's previous owner moving up to a custom Hattor unit with remote switchable inputs.