2 systems one set of speakers?????


Hello All I have a question that maybe someone out there can help me with. I have a pre-amp, amp, cd player set up by its self. and I also have a receiver and another cd player that sound really good together for rock cds and the cds that don't sound as well on the pre-amp set up. Is there away I can use the 2 systems through one set of speakers?? So I can play the pre-amp set up and then switch to the receiver set up on the same speakers. Can I run 2 sets of speaker wires to the same set of speakers?? or will this damage one or the other. is there anyway or some thing I can do? I'm new at this so please someone help THnaks
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I'm not sure about running 2 sets of cable to the same speakers, perhaps someone else will comment on that. I know of one way you can use both sets through the same speakers, if your amp can take both a balanced and an unbalanced signal. Route your receiver into the single-ended inpur on the amp, and use balanced connections from your preamp. This will only work if your amp has both kinds of inputs, and your preamp can go balanced out. If it can, just make sure you never have both running hot at once. BTW, just for kicks, have you tried running the CD player you like for rock directly into the preamp? If it's the player you like, and not really the receiver, that would make life much easier, as you can have both players in separate inputs on that preamp.