Carbon13
Active Member
I'm currently running an emotiva UMC200 connected to a UPA700 amp. I have a project carbon tt connected via a cambridge 651p phonostage.
I recently acquired a Marantz 2230 and thorens td160 tt. I was considering replacing the project with the thorens and running the marantz as a stereo amp to my mains. That's easy enough to do by connecting the UMC200 to the main in on the marantz but then I was thinking what if I wanted to use the marantz phono stage instead of the cambridge? how would that work? could I run the tape out line to the analogue in on the UMC and set it to "direct" mode? Seems like a weird loop. I guess the other option is a speaker switch but would like to understand this first.
Thanks.
I recently acquired a Marantz 2230 and thorens td160 tt. I was considering replacing the project with the thorens and running the marantz as a stereo amp to my mains. That's easy enough to do by connecting the UMC200 to the main in on the marantz but then I was thinking what if I wanted to use the marantz phono stage instead of the cambridge? how would that work? could I run the tape out line to the analogue in on the UMC and set it to "direct" mode? Seems like a weird loop. I guess the other option is a speaker switch but would like to understand this first.
Thanks.