Can you have one set of speakers connected up to 2 amps at the same time, switching between amps? Thinking of getting a classic amp for vinyl listening, and may'be a Naim unitiqute for streaming.
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I'm Mike.
2 amps into 1 set of speakers
Can you have one set of speakers connected up to 2 amps at the same time, switching between amps? Thinking of getting a classic amp for vinyl listening, and may'be a Naim unitiqute for streaming.
Current system 1210 GR. CDP - Meridian G08. Amp -Sugden A21I - Sig. Wharfedale Lintons.
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not advisable
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I'm Alex.
I have previously had a 2 channel power amp and a surround power amp connected to the same pair of speakers, I assumed that as long as only one amp is on at any one time there wouldn’t be a problem. I was wrong. My amps would trip.
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I wouldn't do that. Too much risk of an 'incineratory' disaster!Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
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I'm Grant.
for a start you are putting the speakers in parallel so causing probs there, and thats before you think of the chances of accidentally putting both on together. having fail safe switching so only one can be connected at once is ok
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Grant
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I'm Chris.
Yes you can!
Beresford TC-7220
http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S/tc-7220.htm
or his slightly newer/simpler version
Beresford TC-7210
http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S/tc-7210.htm
I had the TC-7220 to do exactly that - switch my Tannoy's between a Quad 306 for Vinyl and my Onkyo AV amp for everything else, Damn fine bit of kit and purposely designed to prevent any kind of damage. Can't reccommend Stan's products highly enough - just wish i'd never sold the bloody thing as 6months later I want one back (hence my wanted post!)
Chris.
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I'm Andy.
I do this via one of Stanley Beresford's switch boxes. Designed to do just this job.
Analogue
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz turntable PSU
Longdog Audio MCJ1 - Prototype Phonostage
Digital
Innuos Zen Mini Mk 3
Topping D50s
Caiman Seg & Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage
Bel Canto Set 40 or Nick Gorham built 300B Set Monoblocks
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100.
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I don't like switching into speakers. It never has a beneficial effect. Some of the old comparators dealers used and also seen at exhibitions were pretty detrimental. You'd be unlikely to see a serious Hi-Fi dealer or manufacturer use one these days.
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I'm Will.
I use one of these to switch between digital and analogue preamps, into my monoblocks, excellent bit of kit...also gives me an additional mini jack input for phones etc...
Cheers, Will
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I'm Grant.
not keen either with speakers. can depend how the switching is done but its adding stuff into the speaker line
Regards,
Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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