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How good is to use integrated amp as preamp with the preout feature

Dear Friends,

 

I have the Exposure 3010S2 Integrated and Accuphase Power amplifier. I like the sound signature of Exposure so I am thinking to add the Accuphase Power amp to it. I see there are 2 preout in the Exposure and I will use one of them to accuphase. Please note I don't want to Biamp as the sound singature may not match, hence its just the preout that I will be connecting to the poweramp.

 

Exposure 3010s2 Perout -> Accuphase Power amp -> Speakers

Is there any pros/cons with this setup, I still dont understand why I would need a seperate preamp when I can use the preout.

 

Thank you

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mesch
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The best thing to do is to try. You wont hurt anything. Be sure to have volume down when swapping use of amplifiers.  There are always gain issues. With some preamp/amp combinations there can be too much gain with the result the volume control has too little range of practical use, music getting too loud at low volume settings. 

Does the manual for the Exposure list the gain of the preamp section? What is gain of the Accuphase?

mesch
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Given the Accuphase  has gain settings you can find a level of gain that matches well with the preamp stage of your integrated. I also believe the Accuphase should prove to be an upgrade.  Much will depend on how the Accuphase mates with your speakers sonically to provide the presentation you desire.  What speakers do you have?

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