I picked up this little beauty a couple of days ago and it really has made a big difference to my Philips 963sa, at the moment I have it hooked into my Rotel 1055 HT reciever which is not ideal for 2ch music I know but it has enabled me to do some direct A/B comparisons as I have the multi inputs connected as well.
I want to try using the Benchmark as a pre-amp and hook it up directly to my Rotel RB1080 but I understand the output level may run too high for most consumer model amps, how important is it to have the output level adjusted accordingly and what is the purpose, is it to protect the amp from damage or does it help improve the SQ if the output is correctly matched to the amp?
Also I understand that 'generally' balanced connections do not offer much of an advantage over unbalanced, however with the Benchmark there are possibly advantages, can anyone confirm this for me as I have balanced inputs on my 1080 so this is an option.
I want to try using the Benchmark as a pre-amp and hook it up directly to my Rotel RB1080 but I understand the output level may run too high for most consumer model amps, how important is it to have the output level adjusted accordingly and what is the purpose, is it to protect the amp from damage or does it help improve the SQ if the output is correctly matched to the amp?
Also I understand that 'generally' balanced connections do not offer much of an advantage over unbalanced, however with the Benchmark there are possibly advantages, can anyone confirm this for me as I have balanced inputs on my 1080 so this is an option.
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