Here's another comparison request (don’t you just luv ‘em!)
I’m wondering if anyone has compared the Balanced Zen Line Stage, by Mr Nelson Pass, with the SE Balanced Line amp (EB-2000/402) by Mr Erno Borbely?
While I’m have an (increasing) admiration for the work of Nelson Pass, I am attracted to the idea of using JFETs instead of MOSFETS in a pre-amp. Indeed Mr Pass acknowledges the superiority of JFETs in certain low level applications.
Incidentally, to ascertain the performance of a “passive pre” in my system I soldered a couple of resistors in my interconnects as a voltage divider, and connected directly into my amp. Obviously I can’t alter the volume, however (as my CD player has two pairs of outputs) switching between the pre-amp and the attenuated leads demonstrated the affect of the pre-amp on the signal. Just a thought for those considering going down the passive path, but wanting to see the effects before spending a lot of money on a stepped attenuator. An alternative would be to make a series of “piggyback” RCA plugs of different values, with a female and male RCA connected via an attenuator.
Cheers,
Pete
I’m wondering if anyone has compared the Balanced Zen Line Stage, by Mr Nelson Pass, with the SE Balanced Line amp (EB-2000/402) by Mr Erno Borbely?
While I’m have an (increasing) admiration for the work of Nelson Pass, I am attracted to the idea of using JFETs instead of MOSFETS in a pre-amp. Indeed Mr Pass acknowledges the superiority of JFETs in certain low level applications.
Incidentally, to ascertain the performance of a “passive pre” in my system I soldered a couple of resistors in my interconnects as a voltage divider, and connected directly into my amp. Obviously I can’t alter the volume, however (as my CD player has two pairs of outputs) switching between the pre-amp and the attenuated leads demonstrated the affect of the pre-amp on the signal. Just a thought for those considering going down the passive path, but wanting to see the effects before spending a lot of money on a stepped attenuator. An alternative would be to make a series of “piggyback” RCA plugs of different values, with a female and male RCA connected via an attenuator.
Cheers,
Pete