Radio Road

Which tuner to get and getting the most from it. Thank God, for the radio!

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Variable output (volume)knob in tuners.

Posted by sanman on April 23, 2025 at 14:14:01:
My Dynaco tuner has a volume knob. So I hooked it up directly to my Magnavox tube amp and the sound is quite good. Is there any actual advantage to the direct hookup versus going through a preamp? Obviously it is more convenient to run everything through the preamp. I am wondering if there is any theoretical or proven sound quality difference in the two approaches?