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Connecting CD player via "Y" cable to two Amps ?

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I searched and found the discussion said it was ok to connect a CD player to two different amps with a "Y" cable and run one amp at a time. I just confirmed with my setup and it seems to sound and work normally.

My question is: with the CD player connected to both amps, would it be ok to run both amps ( one is my 316BEE and the other is an Onkyo A/V receiver ) at the same time to their own pair of speakers ? Forgive the strange question but I'm new to High Fidelity and electronics, and curious.
 
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You can run each amp to it's own speakers at the same time but you can't connect 2 amps to the same speakers, you'll blow the output stage.
 
hpm40 said:
I searched and found the discussion said it was ok to connect a CD player to two different amps with a "Y" cable and run one amp at a time. I just confirmed with my setup and it seems to sound and work normally.

My question is: with the CD player connected to both amps, would it be ok to run both amps ( one is my 316BEE and the other is an Onkyo A/V receiver ) at the same time to their own pair of speakers ? Forgive the strange question but I'm new to High Fidelity and electronics, and curious.
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You could also do away with the "Y" adapter and just use one pair of RCA interconnects from the CD player to the Onkyo line level (aux) inputs and then just run another pair of RCA interconnects from the Onkyo's tape or record out to an input on your 316BEE.
 
hpm40 said:
(...) and curious.
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No problem. But which CD player and which A/V receiver exactly would we be talking about?


cademan said:
You could also do away with the "Y" adapter and just use one pair of RCA interconnects from the CD player to the Onkyo line level (aux) inputs and then just run another pair of RCA interconnects from the Onkyo's tape or record out to an input on your 316BEE.
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I wouldn't suggest that without knowing, whether the OP would always want to run both the NAD and the Onkyo at the same time or rather not. I.e., additional consideration regarding output impedance aside, the NAD is microprocessor-controlled and uses an electronic switch for source selection as well as branching off the selected source signal to the tape/record outputs - and most A/V receivers will sport similar solutions, that won't work, if the receiver isn't switched on.

Or to put it the other way around, in case the OP wouldn't always want to run both the NAD and the Onkyo at the same time, I'd only suggest to consider the tape/record-out-alternative, if at least one of the two would sport classic, direct source selection via switches and neither input, nor output buffering, so that passing the signal from the CD player on to the tape/record outputs would also work, if that one of the two would be switched off. But as that doesn't apply to the C316BEE and most likely also not to the Onkyo, the OP's y-adaptor(-cable) solution would be the more sensible approach.

And just for the record: Provided the Onkyo would already belong to the comparatively modern A/V receivers with DAC section and SPDIF inputs and the CD player would sport an SPDIF output, one could of course also connect the latter to the Onkyo and the analogue line-outs of the CDP to the NAD.


Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini
 
lini said:
No problem. But which CD player and which A/V receiver exactly would we be talking about?




I wouldn't suggest that without knowing, whether the OP would always want to run both the NAD and the Onkyo at the same time or rather not. I.e., additional consideration regarding output impedance aside, the NAD is microprocessor-controlled and uses an electronic switch for source selection as well as branching off the selected source signal to the tape/record outputs - and most A/V receivers will sport similar solutions, that won't work, if the receiver isn't switched on.

Or to put it the other way around, in case the OP wouldn't always want to run both the NAD and the Onkyo at the same time, I'd only suggest to consider the tape/record-out-alternative, if at least one of the two would sport classic, direct source selection via switches and neither input, nor output buffering, so that passing the signal from the CD player on to the tape/record outputs would also work, if that one of the two would be switched off. But as that doesn't apply to the C316BEE and most likely also not to the Onkyo, the OP's y-adaptor(-cable) solution would be the more sensible approach.

And just for the record: Provided the Onkyo would already belong to the comparatively modern A/V receivers with DAC section and SPDIF inputs and the CD player would sport an SPDIF output, one could of course also connect the latter to the Onkyo and the analogue line-outs of the CDP to the NAD.


Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini
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IMHO :bowdown:This is a valid suggestion and is just another way that would be an option since the OP did say that he does want to use both amps at the same time each with their own set of speakers.

To HPM40, what would you ultimately like to do in the end? Can you do what I suggested with what you have?

The Y option will also work but I just threw out another suggestion for you. Clear enough?
 
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