What does "pre out" rca output do?


Hello all;

I just received my cj sa250 power amp and I would love to try it, however I don't have a preamp yet. I do have my trusty musical fidelity A2 integrated amp. The back has 2 rca jacks that say "pre out", does that mean I can use the A2 as a preamp? Can I plug in my CD, tuner, phono into the A2 and then plug the A2 into the sa250? I don't want to ruin anything of course! I also have a parasound zphono, could I plug the output into the sa250?
Thanks!!
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Showing 1 response by hifihvn

As far as the Zphono goes,don't plug it directly into a power amp.It does not have a volume control,and will run full volume,and possibly blow your speakers.That could be plugged into an auxiliary input on the integrated,so you could control its volume.