Originally Posted by Simon - PG Music
... adding more electronics to the signal chain is not necessarily better.
I thought precisely the same, though the subject line is about lack of gain.
If one has a good preamp, then they really should not be needed. A curiosity to me was the use of JFETs, which are not as quiet as good bipolars and struggle even to equal a good IC OpAmp.

But JOM seemed to like them.
Matt seemed to like them,
Mike seemed to think they had benefits, though mostly the variable impedance ones. (I wonder which method they use to do that).

For little more than the cost of a pair of FET-Heads, one can buy a Focusrite 2i2, a UA Volt 2, or others.

I do wonder how much the supposed benefits are purely psychological ... I've paid for this, the manufacturer says it's better, so it must be better. I note that Triton don't actually publish a detailed spec, but I also note that many preamps don't list gain ranges.

FWIW, I once had a Hi-Fi store demonstration have me doubting my assertion that cables cannot be directional, until I realised that their own bias was causing them to turn the volume slightly higher for the "correct direction".

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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