Passive or active preamp

[PAR (Pete)]

Just a reminder thread in part from actual users here of the Allegri Reference :

Shortlist of Pre-amps for Bartok into Active ATC System Please

So having started this thread in Dec 2020 here is what has happened: I contacted about 4 retailers who looked as if they could supply the Benchmark LA4 and then asked them if they could also obtain a Townshend Allegri Reference. The former element was good, the latter part resulted in comments along the lines of “ummm”, “maybe”, “not straightforward”, “not sure”, “they may or may not be able to get us a unit”. These were all on the basis of buy both units, trial them and return the unit I did n…