Idiot ohm question?

At 100 ohms, it's quite low impedance, and it won't make any difference whichever input you use on the Contra.
100 ohms could be the output impedance of a preamp.
Maybe the STAT-B already has its own preamp?
In that case, make sure you don't overload the Contra's input.
Overloading causes distorsion and fuzziness.

 

Mohm is short for megohm or 1 million ohms.

In the case of the Schertler STAT-B, the integral preamp's output impedance is 100 ohms. Connecting your Schertler preamp to an input impedance of 1000 ohms (1K) or higher should be fine, and it probably won't make any difference which input you use with your Contra.

Edit: Oops sorry, didn't see Francois' reply before I posted mine. The Schertler Stat-B does indeed have it's own preamp. I'm pretty sure the AI Contra can handle the signal level just fine though.

 

Without preamp: In general, you want the input impedance to be higher than the pickup impedance. This is particularly important with piezos, otherwise you lose all the bottom end. Piezos need input impedance of 1 M-Ohm or greater; 10 M Ohm is typical.

With preamp: Input impedance becomes irrelevant because the preamp will buffer the pickup. Preamps typically have very high input impedance to avoid loading down the pickup, and very low output impedance so they can drive long cables.

 

1,048,576

 

why don´t you just plug it in and see (listen) what happens?

 

What does listening have to do with it?

 

Try both, see how they sound and report back.

You can't break anything there.

 

I could be wrong, but generally Ohms aren't figured using binary math like is used for number of Bytes.

In this case MegaOhm just means one million.

 

That tugging you felt was your leg being pulled.

 

Hardly the last thing.

1. I just lost my job
2. I'm tired of our relationship and want to see other people
3. have you though more about an open marriage
4. I'm having a midlife crisis with a short asian woman and a $70,000 car
5. I think we should consider moving to a commune and living naked with other parents and their children

Did I leave anything out?

 

How about, "Hmm, that's not how your sister does it."

 

Sorry to get back on topic for a moment, but I thought I'd point out that the Stat-B is not a typical piezo pickup but instead works on the electrostatic principle. The Stat-B system uses an integral preamp with a line level output that can easily drive lower impedance inputs, so it really doesn't matter what the amp's input impedance is. Now back to our regularly scheduled program...

 

That's swinging for the fences.

 

Thank you for the correction.

You are correct