So if you have a phono preamp and a line stage preamp, do you connect the phono pre into a line in of the phono pre?
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How to connect phono stage?
So, many, perhaps most, power amps accept only one pair of inputs. So if you have a phono preamp and a line stage preamp, do you connect the phono pre into a line in of the phono pre?
I ask because this is what I have ended up doing with my Yaqin 12b tube phono stage/preamp (it has a line in and a MM in, and it sounds, I think, better this way than when I plugged it right into my power amp. Indeed, my preliminary reaction is that it sounds GREAT this way. This despite the fact that is designed to be used as a preamp direct into a power amp (or into an integrated). The other preamp, btw, it a Spectro-Acoustics 87R (I think that's the model).
What say you?
I ask because this is what I have ended up doing with my Yaqin 12b tube phono stage/preamp (it has a line in and a MM in, and it sounds, I think, better this way than when I plugged it right into my power amp. Indeed, my preliminary reaction is that it sounds GREAT this way. This despite the fact that is designed to be used as a preamp direct into a power amp (or into an integrated). The other preamp, btw, it a Spectro-Acoustics 87R (I think that's the model).
What say you?