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In Reply to: RE: Tube phono pre-amp questions posted by Kindablue on August 27, 2016 at 05:24:40:
You may know all this, in which case I apologize, but you do seem to be conflating the terms "amplifier" and "preamplifier". An amplifier is the last element in the chain, which provides power to drive the speakers. The term "preamplifier" these days can refer to either a stand alone linestage, which means a device that selects among program sources and provides volume attenuation, or a "full function" preamplifier, which would be a linestage and phono stage all in one package on one chassis. So far as I recall, a PAS3X has its own phono stage, but I may be wrong. So, to summarize, you connect your Yaquin into your PAS3X using an AUX input (or you could use inputs labeled TUNER, as well, if you do not use a tuner otherwise). The PAS3X provides the signal to drive the amplifiers. Long story short, you probably do not want to connect the Yaquin directly to your amplifiers (as you stated in your first post), unless one or the other also has a built in attenuator.
Don't worry too much at first about rolling tubes. That's way over-rated. Just buy some good quality new manufacture tubes to start with. There are many vendors available. Decent brands for tubes you are likely to need in the Yaquin or the PAS3X are Sovtek and JJ. I second the recommendation of Bill Thalmann in Springfield, VA, if you need some technical assistance, but Bill does not sell tubes.
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- Terminology - Lew 10:55:27 08/27/16 (1)
- Bill Thalmann....that was the answer for the repair guy :) (nt) - Penguin 11:55:49 08/27/16 (0)
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