Quote Originally Posted by Enochrome
Can you plug your TT into a tube line stage and then to the preamp, or does it have to be RIAA equalized first and then tubed?
The question of whether or not a preamp (phono or line stage) is tube, SS based or both - doesn't matter when it comes to how you connect it. What does matter is that you must match sensitivities and overload characteristics. Piping the 2 volt output of a line stage into a phono stage expecting a .005 volt (or less) input would severely overload it. Phono stages, therefore, always preceed line stages.

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