Review and Measurements of Schiit Saga Tube Pre-amp

[Palladium]

Pardon my noobness but I'm confused about what about does passive or active mode mean on this?

 

[Cougar]

Pardon my noobness but I'm confused about what about does passive or active mode mean on this?

It's a Passive Preamp but has a Tube Buffer to help with longer runs of cables from preamp to power amp. It's still 1 to 1 gain or unity gain. So you will need a Source/s that puts a good level on its output or you will be maxing out the volume on the Saga + I would get up to 1-2pm on the volume knob before I got the ART RCA to XLR converter and that was pretty loud for my system which has 87db speakers.

 

[Aneal]

so I'm about to pull the plug and buy one of these units to run my audio alchemy overture OM150 amp. Right now I got my Aiyima t9 running as a pre amp. what I like out the saga is the 2 out-puts so i can run one to my sub amp so I don't have to run a Y- connector. question 1: how do you like the saga? from this thread looks like a positive one and 2: is the saga+ worth it? I don't have log cables, the longest is 6 ft. here's my setup, thanks for the help

 

[RedBull15]

Hello,
I am interested in using this pre-amp to switch between my AVR line-level output Front R - L Mains and a DMP-A6 DAC to my 2-channel Pass Labs x350. Would this be a good solution for my needs and would it be better to run passive for both line-level inputs or would I benefit from the active stage? I will be controlling my volume from the AVR for theater listening and in 2 channels from the DMP-A6 DAC. If the Saga+ isn't a good solution I am open to recommendations. Looking for the best sound quality without losing gain between connections.
Thanks

 

[GXAlan]

Hello,
I am interested in using this pre-amp to switch between my AVR line-level output Front R - L Mains and a DMP-A6 DAC to my 2-channel Pass Labs x350. Would this be a good solution for my needs and would it be better to run passive for both line-level inputs or would I benefit from the active stage? I will be controlling my volume from the AVR for theater listening and in 2 channels from the DMP-A6 DAC. If the Saga+ isn't a good solution I am open to recommendations. Looking for the best sound quality without losing gain between connections.
Thanks

Essentially the passive preamp is going to work great. But if all you need a source selector, you might be fine since you would be running the preamp at full blast and using the upstream sources to control volume.

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That has no remote.

I personally opted for this:

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To give me a passive volume attenuator and a tube option.

 

[RedBull15]

Thank you for the reply, looks like the Freya S in passive mode for my AVR RCA input would work. I am using the internal DAC of the DMP-A6 RCA output as well because I have the XLR output connected to my active subs. Should I use the pre-amp of the DMP-A6 to control volume or run fixed and use the Freya S active tube stage output?

 

[AaronJ]

Hello,
I am interested in using this pre-amp to switch between my AVR line-level output Front R - L Mains and a DMP-A6 DAC to my 2-channel Pass Labs x350. Would this be a good solution for my needs and would it be better to run passive for both line-level inputs or would I benefit from the active stage? I will be controlling my volume from the AVR for theater listening and in 2 channels from the DMP-A6 DAC. If the Saga+ isn't a good solution I am open to recommendations. Looking for the best sound quality without losing gain between connections.
Thanks

I would get a preamp with a HT pass-thru instead of a Saga. I think it’s best to separate the volume control so the AVR does the work without being tied to the volume control of the preamp. Something like the bypass input of a Parasound Zpre3 which is a comparable product in price and features.