none of those links opened for me..
The transamp had differential inputs and outputs.. so needed to be followed by a simple diff amp to single end it.
The inputs need phantom supply DC blocking caps and other front end paraphernalia , like pads, polarity, whatever.
IIRC the Buff supplied app note uses a 10 ohm in series with one input and two CM trimpots.
The schematics are out there so keep looking. I don't know if the insides have been officially published, but I have seen other Valley Audio preamp schematics that looked like the same basic topology as in side the potted block..
JR