Can KNA pickups be used without an amplifier?

Date: 26.08.2021

KNA pickups are meant to be used with an amplifying system such as acoustic instrument amplifiers, audio interfaces/sound cards, and mixing consoles. Without one of those, there is nothing to increase the power of the input signal.

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