Amp with speaker INPUTS?? Please explain!

eric_squires 

Thank you for the info. Just one more question: If those receivers didn’t have a pre-out, what output did they use to feed the speaker in? Those speaker in jacks take bare stripped wires. Was there a similar pair of spring clips on the receiver labeled “speaker out?”

sls883

Before posting this I typed into Google, “why does the AS amp 300 have speaker inputs?” And the AI generated reply was near word for word your post. 

yogiboy

Thanks for the detailed answer. But that’s not the amp model I’m asking about. It doesn’t even have the speaker inputs I’m referring to. 

"sls883

Before posting this I typed into Google, “why does the AS amp 300 have speaker inputs?” And the AI generated reply was near word for word your post. "

So what? You asked a question and he was kind enough to get you a valid and helpful answer. Don't see why you would chide someone that is trying to help.

It was word for word.  Doesn’t mean that it wasn’t good information.  You said that you didn’t know what the speaker inputs were for and my post answered your question.  I didn’t figure that I could say it any better than Google did.

If you use the speaker inputs on the AudioSource, you would connect the speaker outputs from a receiver (the terminals normally used to connect the receiver to the speakers) to the speaker inputs on the AudioSource.  This is an amplified signal not typically used to connect to another amplifier.  

When I first read about the AudioSource, I figured that it was a feature used to boost wattage from a low wattage receiver.  As Eric mentioned, there was a time when watts was king.  I think it was a bigger priority than sound quality. I lived through those days....

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