Can you connect an EQ to the Yamaha A-S1200/2200?

bergun

bergun

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OK, I know it’s blasphemy to think of connecting an EQ and a DBX 3 Range Expander to either a Yamaha A-S1200 or the 2200, but since I’ve been listening to more Vinyl LPs now, and sadly, my collection I’ve owned since the late 1970 and early/mid 1980s is not in the best condition these days.

Anyway, I’m looking at the new Yamaha integrated amps, either the A-S1200 or the A-S2200 and I noticed that these two amps have both a Main-In and a Pre-Out, but no Record Out. With that said, can an EQ be connected to these amps?

Thanks for looking and any thoughts!
 
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The only realistic way I can think of is, if you had a separate phono amp, then it’s output (line level) could be fed into the inputs of an equalizer, and the output of the equalizer (line level) fed into Line1 or Line2 of A-S1200 for listening. That would of course mean not using the Phono amp facility of the A-S1200.

I neither have the A-S1200 nor the 2200, just the manuals, maybe someone with direct experience can show a better way …
 
Just make sure the A-S1200/2200 Main-In input sensitivity of 1V isn’t violated. Anything higher than that will contribute to noise, distortion or both. While some equalizers support 1V output, many others don’t, check before buying. My Sansui SE-80 for example, supports 150mV input/output, it can go higher but its performance will degrade. Yamaha EQ-70 whose image is shown on the website posted above, supports input sensitivity and output level of 1V both, so it will work fine.
 
transmaster said:
It is very easy. You add the graphic equalizer between the Main-in and pre-out.
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This won't work because when you select main in you "un-select" any other source. The only way to connect EQ on the new Yamahas is described above and is possible to external sources only.
 
Look at Luxman, Accuphase, McIntosh, Audiolab, Atoll, Moonriver audio, Rega, DB Systems, Coda...for classic eq inserting possibility.
 
jetstream said:
This won't work because when you select main in you "un-select" any other source. The only way to connect EQ on the new Yamahas is described above and is possible to external sources only.
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Good observation, I didn’t see that one, thinking vintage amps where pre-out is connected to main-in via cables (LOL). Figured it might actually work, however inelegant, but it won’t because selecting Main Direct, ignores all other inputs. The concept of pre-out and Main-In are pretty different in newer amps.
 
Sparkplug said:
Good observation, I didn’t see that one, thinking vintage amps where pre-out is connected to main-in via cables (LOL). Figured it might actually work, however inelegant, but it won’t because selecting Main Direct, ignores all other inputs. The concept of pre-out and Main-In are pretty different in newer amps.
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In my old amps with the Graphic Equalizers of that time as I recall it was routed through a Cassette deck you switched the cassette deck to monitor. With this setting everything was routed through the cassette deck and back to the receiver, The EQ went between the receiver and cassette deck. This setting with the Cassette deck allowed you to rip LP to Cassette tapes, record off the air, etc.
 
Without a tape monitor capability, the only way I see left is to connect it between a line source and an input like Line 1. You won't be able to use it on phono, unless you have an external phono amp. Most eq's support two tape decks, so two line level inputs. You could connect two inputs to the eq and switch there.
 
jetstream said:
That's one source only, namely the computer.
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Since he can't have it all, just helping with some ideas.

For listening to LPs, he could get an external phono pre-amp and then plug that into the line in of the EQ and then go from the EQ to Line 1 or Line 2. Sux not having tape monitoring...
 
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