When I first got my Audio Aero Capitole CD player I ran it through the pre on my receiver. I had a hard time getting past my own personal bass and treble adjustments that were on the receiver.
Then I tried feeding the Audio Aero to the amp (McIntosh 2102) and bypass the receiver. This sounded much better. Using the Audio Aero's tubed volumn control I was able to power two amps into two locations with that balanced and unbalanced outputs.
At the moment I am using two unlike amps in the same room to bi-amp and I am now running the signal through a McIntosh CR12 AV system which has 4 individual preamps that can feed from one source if I like and this allows me to somewhat correct for the mismatched amps. With the McIntosh it sounds really good.
Then I tried feeding the Audio Aero to the amp (McIntosh 2102) and bypass the receiver. This sounded much better. Using the Audio Aero's tubed volumn control I was able to power two amps into two locations with that balanced and unbalanced outputs.
At the moment I am using two unlike amps in the same room to bi-amp and I am now running the signal through a McIntosh CR12 AV system which has 4 individual preamps that can feed from one source if I like and this allows me to somewhat correct for the mismatched amps. With the McIntosh it sounds really good.