Alrighty then,
I have had my BeePre up and running for at least 5 years now..... It has worked flawlessly and besides some tube rolling I have not made any changes or adjustments. They simply were not needed. Then within the last month or so, I upgraded my power amp and got the urge to see what XLR cables were all about. Everything I have read says they are superior to RCA's especially with longer runs of cables. Since I moved the new amp further from the preamp, I went for it and purchased some cables. I plugged them and and they work.... Except for one little issue. The volume is extremely attenuated. I have to turn the BeePre up to about 80% of max to get a descent volume. With RCA's I never really go beyond or even to 45% of max. My assumption, even at this time is that has to be something wrong with the build, my usage, or even expectations. For reference, I am using them with the following equipment. VPI Classic 2 with a Soundsmith Boheme cartridge 2.5 mV, Project RPM 1.3 with the Hana SL .5 mV, homemade SUT using cinemags, the Eros phono, BeePre, and either an Emotiva XPA-2 or the Vincent SP-332. Both of the power amps have XLR inputs and the result is the same with each one.. I am hoping it is really something simple, but with my luck.....