Receiver with pre outs /want to use seperate preamp (sometimes) ?s

[atarione]

So here is the Deal

I have a Pioneer VSX-D1S that has pre out /jumpers

I most want to use the pre amp on the pioneer (most of the time) but I also have my computer hooked up to my Yamaha C-60 preamp and when I am using that I would like to use it / bypassing the pioneers preamp.


So here is my questions ... could someone just use a couple rca y splitter cables hooking one y to the pioneers preamp and the other to the c-60 and then the other end of the y to the amp section...or would that damage the equipment / ruin the SQ?

assuming doing it with a a y-cable would be bad I assume just a simple RCA a/b switch would work?

anyway thank you in advance sorry if it seems like a dumb question in anyway but I honestly do not know how to do this safely / properly so I'm asking.

Cheers.

 

[RichPA]

I think you'd be better off with a switch. At a minimum, with a y-adapter setup, you'd still be getting whatever residual noise comes from the Pioneer preamp, and you'd certainly run the risk of ground issues and hum.

 

[Markw]

You can split the preamp out and send it to two power amp inputs without any problems. I've done it in the past and a lot of subwoofers are connected in this manner.

As for the other way around, therare issues there. Those "Y" connectors are called "splitters", not "combiners". You would want a switch

 

[whoaru99]

Sure, but in this case it's the opposite; paralleling two outputs into one input.

Never a recommended practice. Use a switcher.

 

[atarione]

Hi.. thank you guys...it sounds like I should / will get a little a/b switch then.

 

[cptnCanada]

Could you not run the Yamaha pre into the line input on the D1S and just use it in Direct mode?

BTW I have a D1S and love it (except for the phono pre)!

 

[atarione]

Could you not run the Yamaha pre into the line input on the D1S and just use it in Direct mode?

BTW I have a D1S and love it (except for the phono pre)!

hi...so unless i'm dumb the C-60 dosn't have a direct mode (bypassing it's preamp...I could have I guess hooked one of the tape outputs to one of the inputs on the D1S i guess.

I ended up getting a little RCA A/B switch at radioshack for $18~ seems to do the trick ok for now.

I love my D1S very much I have it hooked up to a very nice pair of DCM Timeframe TF-250's and i think it sound just fantastic indeed.. problem is living in a condo now I can't really turn it up much as I don't wish to incite the anger of the HOA or whatnot..

here is my D1S $40 well spent I think.

 

[cptnCanada]

Not sure about the C-60, but the VSX-D1S does have direct mode (which I see you have engaged in the pic above). From what I know, with that engaged, all preamp function aside from volume are bypassed. If you ran the C-60 pre-out into a line input on your D1S, you would be using the C-60 as preamp and D1S as power amp.

Can anyone confirm this would work?

This is how I run my tube phono pre.

Good score on the D1S. Any hum?

 

[pjt92]

I plugged my Fisher tube pre amp in without any negative effects. I have had a D1s for years and as I wait for a better power amp option in possibly both tube and solid state this is an option. I never thought of using this as a power amp but after some reading in the manual it said its possible and now I can enjoy 130 watts of power with a tube preamp instead of using my 35 wpc tube receiver. kinda best of both worlds until I can do it proper.