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phono preamp to power amp

It is probably a dumb question, but I am ignorant, why should I pretend.  :)

Long story short, I gave away my integrated and bought a power amp. I am planning to buy a second one and use them as monos. For now (and then) can I plug my phono preamp to the power amp? Or I need a preamp? I googled and the answer was mostly "it depends"

grislybutter
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chenry
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If your phono preamp is delivering enough gain for a standard system preamp line-in voltage (and not just enough to bring the voltage from MC to MM input) it ought to work.

grislybutter OP
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thank you @tomic601 you too!

rivington66
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I use a clearaudio concept TT + Hana EH cart into Heed Questar phono stage. From there I bypass the McIntosh C24 preamp and go straight into the McIntosh 240’s (power amp) twin stage (which have gain controls) into Klipsch Heresy speakers. There is less noise floor for me. I love the sound.

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grislybutter OP
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thanks @rivington66 sounds like a sweet setup!

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