Two different amps to same speakers for two different applications?


I have a 7.1 theater system with a Rotel 2-channel amp powering the L&R.  I'm considering putting a 1980s Audio Research tube amp into the mix for a dedicated vinyl rig.  

So question is, can I wire my L&R channels from both amps and obviously just use one amp at a time?  Seems perfectly do-able to me but I've done silly stuff before and I don't want to blow anything up.  :-) 

My Paradigm Studio V3 speakers have bi-wire inputs so perhaps use bananas from both Rotel & AR, one into the top 2 (highs) & the other into the bottom 2 and use the jumpers?

Thanks for any thoughts.
thxphotog
Doesn’t switching gear take away from the sound stage, the quality?
Not necessarily, IMO. While I suspect that a lot of audiophiles would assert that it does, I doubt that very many if any of them have performed an evaluation of a variety of well chosen switchboxes (note the selection criteria I cited in the second thread I linked to, involving isolation of negative as well as positive amplifier outputs, as well as power handling capability), and in a variety of diverse systems, and in a thorough and disciplined manner that is sufficient to support that assertion with any conclusiveness.

Regards,
-- Al
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get a descent switching unit, not expensive and will isolate one amp when using the other. Bottle Head, parts express etc have them
Just why I came here. Thanks for the info. Will explore options.... I think before I would ever run a switcher box of any sort, I'd simply unhook wires at the speaker and hookup the other to keep the signal as pure as possible.  Thanks again!