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90's Parasound rig - Direct imput/Direct output question

cortico

cortico

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Hi, guys, I hope all is good.

Recently, I have replaced my 70's Marantz system with Parasound separates, pretty solid and sweet sound rig. I noticed the Preamplifier (PL/D 2000) has two different input and out options.

The manual says that the Normal output should be used for amplifiers that you are not sure can protect your speakers from DC in the signal path.

Not sure what the Direct Input does. is added/removed from the audio path? The use of both is recommended for best fidelity sound.

Could you please lecture me on Direct Input and Direct Output?

Thanks

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Pretty sure that the Direct output stands for direct coupled, or no capacitors in the audio path. The normal output probably uses a capacitor in line with the output to keep any DC offset at bay. Same with the normal input on the amplifier. If you use Direct for both output and input, it should bypass this filtering. Since the preamp and amp are a matched pair, I would use the direct outputs and inputs.
 
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