Peter van Hoof wrote:

> An additional tip
>
> Noise cancels out (partially) in parallel amps, this works especially
> well in preamps where you can hang several amps to an input signal and
> (with series resistors) tie all outputs together

  Sorry, I just can't accept this statement in regard to front end
noise.  In fact I am sure the opposite is true, as when you parallel
amplifiers, you necessarily reduce the input signal level to each by the
split factor, 3dB for two, and make the noise WORSE by that amount.

  Cheers,
        Paul B.