2. speakers
  3. 1348267052

Speaker sharing between Home Theater & Tube amp

I have a two complete separate systems, one for my home theater and another for my vinyl tube system. My home theater has an 11.2 surround setup and my tube system has only the standard 2 channel stereo. Both systems share the same front two speakers.

So far what I have done is manually removed the wires from the home theater system and attached the two wires from the tube amp when I listen to the vinyl using bananas plugs for both.

Has anyone have a simpler way of switching between them?

I tried a standard speaker switch box in reverse, but it's a pain to walk up to the box to switch it and the box has a detrimental effect on the sound for my tube amp so I quit using it. Also if I forget which one it selected, I have to scramble to set it to the correct input.

I know I can't leave both attached because the output transformer from the tube amp will play havoc with the output transistors of the home theater amp and vice-versa.

Anyone has a solution or experience with this dilemma?
.
.
.
.
.
.
notbananas

Showing 1 response by dtc

dtc's avatar
dtc
1,047 posts
 
What pre-amp are you using for the vinyl?

Are you willing to run the HT through the vinyl pre-amp and amp also? That would be the simplest solution, but it depends on how often the HT system is used versus the 2 channel and how much you are willing to run the Dynaco. You could run front channel pre-outs from the receiver into the vinyl pre-amp. If it does not have home theater bypass, you can put it into another input and just change the volume to a fixed position that balances the levels. Essentially, make your own home theater bypass, with the added step of adjusting the volume to the right level. You can determine that level from the normal volume setup in the Yamaha.
More to discover