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In Reply to: RE: So, is it safe to surmise that if a preamp has two... posted by John Elison on July 22, 2017 at 12:25:57

Just because you have a preamp with two outputs does mean you can hook up any old thing to those outputs. One must be careful with the actual load the preamp will see. This is not rocket science just basic electronics. Drop the load below what the preamp wants to see and the sound will be degraded pretty dramatically. If one likes the bad sound so be it.
Solid state preamps are far more flexible in this regard than tube preamps.

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RE: So, is it safe to surmise that if a preamp has two... - John Elison 20:48:36 07/22/17 (1)
> Drop the load below what the preamp wants to see and the sound will be degraded pretty dramatically.

I don't know why you're arguing with me. I understand electronics, too. I was an electronic technician for years. There is no way you will hurt anything by connecting two amplifiers in parallel to your preamp outputs. If you take the time to read what I wrote you would see that I said exactly what you just said, only in reverse. In other words, I said to try it and see how it sounds. If it sounds good then you're good to go.

My tube preamp sounds great connecting an amplifier and two subwoofers to both sets of preamp outputs.

Try it and find out how it sounds. You can't possibly hurt anything.
- RE: So, is it safe to surmise that if a preamp has two... - kentaja 05:36:59 07/23/17 (0)
  Agreed. It is not going to hurt anything to hook it up.

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