Speaker selector that won't degrade sound


Is there such a thing?

Seems like many of them have relays or protection devices in them that will affect sound quality.  Could I make one?  

The reason for one is that my system is now a hybrid, my 2 channel setup and HT setup use the same front speakers.  Have an Onkyo AVR with no pre-outs and a Schiit Freya+ as my 2 channel preamp, so no way of doing a HT bypass so I want to use a speaker selector and have both feed into the selector.  Right now I literally swap the speaker cables at the back of the speaker.

 

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Showing 2 responses by imhififan

Theoretically, all switches will degrade sound quality, only you can determine if you can hear the difference in your system.

My suggestion is try one and find out

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Most transformer coupled tube amp need a load connected to its output when it is on, so some sort of protection is needed to prevent accident.

What's is depressing is that I have all this expensive speaker cable and then I'm going thru THAT!  Kind of a waste I think.

Why not build one using high quality switches with silver contacts like the NKK S822 and high quality binding posts from WBT, Cardas or Furutech...