[Leew]

Originally Posted by bearcity

Lee,

Dennis is installing a volume control on the 300b so yes it can be used w/o a preamp. In fact, I recall that is how Dennis listens to vinyl in his home/reference setup. As to what you gain or loose? You will gain clarity and loose gain. With sensitive enough speakers you will be fine.

I think my Belle Klipsch are 104db, the volume at 9:00 on the preamp is almost to loud.

My phono preamp has a variable 0-47 gain

Thanks,

Lee