Wayne Parham Messages: 18758 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
In many cases, I would agree with you. In between the sources and amps you really need only a switcher; Sometimes a gain stage at the switcher is not required. Keep things as simple as possible, but no simpler. In some cases, a gain stage is required and in that case, it's a mistake to try and oversimplify. If you push a gain stage too far, it will clip and that's not good. That's where a buffer stage works beautifully.