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The way I understood his post was that he wanted to listen to solid state for HT and then just a tube amp for music. I had to read it over again to make sure he wasn't referring to biamping.
He specifically asked one amp for HT and separate tube amp for music. No you cannot have 2 power amps shorted together into the same speakers onto the same binding posts. A switching device that cuts the circuit is needed.Even if you did have one amp turned off but still hooked to the speaker with cables feeding to the active amp not only will it sound like crap because you now have a huge parallel resistance from the turned off amp dragging down the active amp speaker combo, but if you did accidentally turn both amps on at the same time it would at a minimum blow your Rail fuses in both amps, and maybe even more severe damage than that.
I've noticed something interesting about this forum that I have not seen on other forums. The replies given by participants actually provide informative, useful information. Thank You!Are there speaker wire switches that are totally transparent, causing no harm to the audio signal?
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I don't know the answer to the switching device but I poked around a bunch of various forums before deciding to make Audio Circle "home".We're also really good at helping people spend their money on expensive electronics enrich their lives through better sound reproduction in the home!
