PLLXO (v AXO v PXO) benefits/ Model?

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One thing I've wondered about that i read in this post:

Say you have 10 k input impedance on the amp and R2 equals 100k like in the case described above, is the insertion loss of ~ 11 db the only disadvantage or will the amp also have more distortion because of impedance issues?

I would ideally like to have a fourth order low pass PLLXO, my source has very low output impedance so in the end the last resistor R4 would only be ~ 3-4 times lager than my amp input impedance, which would present very acceptable insertion loss for me ( My source has abnormal output also, I'm at the moment using 20 db attenuators so ~ 6-11 db loss would be nothing 😛 ).

However if impedance issues generates additional distortion then I would have to add a buffer, but if I only lose some signal then I wouldn't need to bother which would be very nice 😀
 
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