TomWaterman
Well-known member
Hi folks,
just wondering, it seems general practice in preamp design (those with more than one amplifier stage) to have either the first stage doing the low gain work (with the second or third kicking in at higher gains ala Neve) or a 50/50 distribution of amplification (ala JLM99V??).
Is it bad practice to have the first stage running at say unity gain and have the second do the grunt work with the first kicking in by a fixed amount when higher gains are needed?
It seems backwards but the only prob I can think of would be some sort of noise issue. Though I suppose it could be negligible when running at low gains presuming a hot source (sauce? :grin is feeding the pre....
Any thoughts or am I over thinking again?
Cheers Tom
just wondering, it seems general practice in preamp design (those with more than one amplifier stage) to have either the first stage doing the low gain work (with the second or third kicking in at higher gains ala Neve) or a 50/50 distribution of amplification (ala JLM99V??).
Is it bad practice to have the first stage running at say unity gain and have the second do the grunt work with the first kicking in by a fixed amount when higher gains are needed?
It seems backwards but the only prob I can think of would be some sort of noise issue. Though I suppose it could be negligible when running at low gains presuming a hot source (sauce? :grin is feeding the pre....
Any thoughts or am I over thinking again?
Cheers Tom