Thank you ADtech and Pete.  Your comments are appreciated.
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					Originally Posted by ADTech  Since all the MER readings were with 0.5 dB, it's pretty much a statistical dead heat… | 
	
  That is a possibility.  
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		| …No one would ever notice any difference under typical customer reception conditions… | 
	
 Most would probably agree.
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		| …If you use a wider scale on your bar graph say from 15 to 35, you'd have a very gradually sloped line, almost flat, around the 30 dB line. | 
	
 Yes
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					Originally Posted by Pete Higgins  ...found two amplifier designs that don’t show this overload issue, the RCA’s and my various PCT drop amplifiers (MA-B1015-1A, PCT-MA2-4P & PCT MA2-M)... | 
	
 Interesting experience with preamps and drop amplifiers.
As both you and ADtech seem to understand and appreciate, in many cases, the dynamic range of a preamp is a strong factor contributing to overall satisfactory performance.
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		| …interesting to compare the dynamic ranges & strong signal handling characteristics of the various offerings… | 
	
 Yes