Instead of pre-amp with dual outputs, I use a Bryston 2-way speaker switch box. You can select both, A or B, or none. It also includes a low impedance headphone jack. This is a nicely made product with gold plated switch contacts. I drive some serious current through it with a Bryston 14B SST amplifier into Snell Type A/II and Cambridge Soundworks Tower loudspeakers and have not heard any audible effects.
http://www.bryston.ca/2switch.html
http://www.bryston.ca/2switch.html