Basic question re:Tuners/Preamps

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I'm in my first steps of exploring tube audio and have acquired a very nice Eico tube tuner. I run the mono out to a Y patch cord that takes it into a Pioneer 60w amp's L and R tuner inputs; just as I do with the Pioneer tuner. The Eico sounds excellent. I was looking for a multiplexer to convert it to stereo but the mono has really grown on me. Problem is there is very little volume. I have to set the amp on a level that would blow my ears out if I was listening to another source at that level.
1. My understanding is I need a preamp to get the Eico tuner vol up?
2. Are most of the preamps used in this sort of configuration mono?
3. Why does the Eico tuner need the preamp but my Pioneer ss tuner doesn't?
4. There will be three vol controls in the config: tuner, preamp, amp. How should I set them relative to each other?
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Topic - Basic question re:Tuners/Preamps - PureAudio 14:13:07 09/27/02 (2)

Re: Basic question re:Tuners/Preamps - Donavon 21:20:52 09/27/02 (0)

Re: Basic question re:Tuners/Preamps - Tiny Daddy 18:12:30 09/27/02 (0)

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