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Need a little help

Hello everyone. Somewhat new to this hobby and need a little advice. My current setup is a 2.1 channel setup consisting of a Pioneer sclx-904 av receiver that I'm using as a preamp, 2 identical Anthem power amps that are feeding a pair of B&W bookshelf speakers (they are biamped). My question is this; I recently acquired an Nad preamp. Can this NAD be integrated into my existing system somehow?  What would I be gaining? I read that an external preamp can be hooked up to an av receiver, how would I do that?? Also the NAD only has one set of preout's, and does not have a dedicated sub out, I still want to use both Anthem amps and my Klipsch subwoofer, but how do I achieve this with only one set of preouts( left/ right) on the NAD?? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

spoonman16510

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soix
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And with the B&W 706's, I'm inclined to think that you aren't gaining much, if anything, in the way of improvement with bi-amping them.  You might work out better in selling the one of the Anthem's and the NAD and purchasing a true dedicated preamp.

I would agree with this provided you also got decent jumper cables for your speakers.  Bi-amping may provide some benefit, but I’d think adding a better dedicated stereo preamp would bring significantly more improvement to the overall sound.  Either that or sell everything and get a good integrated amp.  Depends how much you want to put into this and how much you care about better sound, otherwise just get the splitter and enjoy. 

soix
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It’s just a simple splitter and is fine for home audio.  Here’s a link for Amazon…

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Jeff-Audio-Splitter-Distribution/dp/B0D5MTSKFS/ref=sr_1_4?crid=6S0Z92TH7J4M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.da9AewsCESKxWWqzYp47IQja5_iEYGfyMKfjLDua2J4t6s_UpHi0MG6HkEBaJHhBK48U78aBOeRI8QbaOLm2APZuQW-LMC3ElNNO-3PgLSod2E4qyiV5VEBEN1OQj0PNiOzW7SoIAFizki-sZbPxbmhAC7AkIdjA1em6395hsaLEqwFCjdwf4iBnJtASLDgWIkNprVkkAn9EDZtnKLsViv6X_yHiIMuFJuioTdYkM2c.V2uqq55WkCbpfCb_ykIM1DOOw2hmnvF5CKucS6eZTpI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Big+Jeff+audio+splitter&qid=1738881916&sprefix=big+jeff+audio+splitter%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-4

I’d say your amps are at least on the level of the rest of your system assuming your speakers are 600 or 700 series B&Ws.  

soix
10,091 posts
 

I'm more concerned with my question about the NAD and only having a L/ R preout and keeping both amps and the subwoofer in play...

So the splitter will allow you to use the single pair of RCA outs from the NAD as three separate outputs you can use to connect your two amps and subwoofer, so it’s like the NAD now has three pairs of RCA outputs that’ll feed all your components. 

soix
10,091 posts
 

Use a splitter like the one I linked above.  

soix
10,091 posts
 

If you’re only using the two speakers you don’t need or want the Pioneer involved at all.  Using a splitter isn’t optimal, but in this case you’re probably much better off using one with the NAD and something like this might work (also sold through Amazon that might be better for returns/shipping).

https://bigjeffaudio.com/products/big-jeff-audio-1-to-3-pair-cockbox-rca-splitter-distribution-block

If you need the AVR involved for TV or something you can still use it with the NAD, but I’d need to know more if that’s the case. 

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