A rookie question re two amps, one pair of speakers


Hello fellow Audiogoners!

So I’d like to be able to power my B&W 683s from two different amps (not concurrently of course).
One amp would be for my 2 channel system and the other (a receiver) would be for my home theater system. So long as I’m not powering both amps at the same time, is it safe/ok/advisable to connect both amps to one pair of speakers?

I’d appreciate any comments.

Thanks much!


apalmtree

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Thanks for the response.

Actually, up until recently, I had been doing just that.  It worked all right - my only issue would be that my front mains would be getting twice the wattage of the other channels in HT mode.  I've been having some issues with my NAD receiver lately though.  For some reason I get a humming from the preouts of the receiver when I connect it to my outboard Rotel amp. I've done some problem solving and I'm 99% sure it is the NAD preouts.  So at this point, I just want to completely remove the receiver from the 2 channel system (or as much as possible).   I have a separate DAC/Preamp that I can connect directly to the Rotel amp.  I just want to know if I can share just the front main channels with the NAD receiver and the Rotel amp.

Thanks again.