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Dual speaker system

Has anyone tried a dual speaker system with a pre-amp with two outputs? Mind you, not four speakers playing at the same time, but having a system with two separate amp/speakers combinations for different moods and music—e.g., a SS tied with floor standers and a tube amp with monitors.

I’m trying this now with my monoblock Mc connected to Sonus Faber floor standing speakers and then the alternative is a low fi tube amp paired with some Q Acoustic speakers.

Of course the Mc/SF is much better, but I kinda like having a different sounding system to switch to and I like the idea of having more gear to tinker with!

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grislybutter
3,627 posts
 

time to list how many rooms, systems, amps, speakers you all have 

cptrips
33 posts
 

 Yes I do. I have a pair of bi amped Kappa 8s (Parasound SS) and a pair of Kappa 7s (Behringer A800 class D) next to them. I daisy chain the amps together. So I can listen to all the speakers together or choose which pair I want listen to. Another amp daisy chained in for outside speakers and the tape out on pre amp goes to another Intergrated amp in gaming room.

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mapman
23,602 posts
 

Variety is the spice of life. 

kota1
2,706 posts
 

I have speakers by Paradigm in media room, desktop, and kitchen

Martin Logan-garage

Boston Acoustics- patio

Definitive Technology- sun room

I want to get a pair of klipsch stand mounts to pair with my klipsch powergate integrated amp for my desktop system.

Biggest disappointment has been a dedicated two channel preamp in my home theater, I have tried 4 so far (parasound, sunfire, sony, and anthem), not one of them sounds as good as my marantz 7702 processor in 2 channel mode. Must be the audyssey room correction is super dialed in but the anthem preamp did have ARC.

elliottbnewcombjr
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It’s ok to make a decision, however: having two pairs of speakers in the same room, is not best practice, the cones of the inactive speakers react to the output of the speakers playing. Perhaps make sound wave absorbing/blocking covers that cover one pair while playing the other pair.

I’ve done the opposite: 3 optional amps into one set of speakers: wbt tightening banana plugs end of 3 pairs of color coded speaker wires optionally connected to pigtail connector of speakers’ wire, (connecting joint located waist high so I could reach/change with ease. McIntosh SS MC2250 (250 wpc)/Fisher 500C Tube Receiver (35 wpc)/Fisher 80AZ Mono Tube Amps (30 wpc). Everyone always chose tubes over SS. And, I have some content in 3 formats: CD/LP/R2R Tape, i.e. Sgt. Peppers; Original Moody Blues; Inna Gadda Da Vida ...

even though the R2R specs are the lowest quality signal to noise ratio, and tape hiss can be heard between tracks and quiet passages, everyone picks LP over CD and R2R over LP: tubes/R2R is my best sounding combo!

It's the improved degree of Involvement that occurs, not cleaner specs.

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