RCA and XLR

STEF · « **on:** 9 Jun 2006, 08:53 am »

Hi,

I am new "french" owner of réf.9 (and very satisfied)

A question concerning RCA/XLR Selector :
I would like to plug my HT Processor in the RCA and my HIFI preamp in the XLR. I noticed in the manual it is not suitable to connect both simultaneously.

If i take care of choosing the right input for the listenning, the other won't receive any signal. What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks for your help.

rustydoglim · « **Reply #1 on:** 9 Jun 2006, 09:12 am »

The selector is not a true switch as indicated in the manual. It only switches the ground wiring.
Why don't you connect the HT out to your preamp? Running out of inputs?

STEF · « **Reply #2 on:** 9 Jun 2006, 01:30 pm »

Actually, there is no HT By-pass on the preamp. If I plug the HT out in 1 entry, the preamp will affect the signal otherwise I should wait for the NuForce P9 (when ?)

If i go "deeper" in my question : is it just a "firewall" for NuForce to notice that point on the manual or is there a real technical risk for connecting both, but with only one which will receive the signal ?

Regards.

ndeslions · « **Reply #3 on:** 9 Jun 2006, 03:32 pm »

You should not connect both, that's not good for the sound and / or the components.

flintstone · « **Reply #4 on:** 9 Jun 2006, 05:31 pm »

Quote from: STEF

Actually, there is no HT By-pass on the preamp. If I plug the HT out in 1 entry, the preamp will affect the signal otherwise I should wait for the NuForce P9 (when ?)

If i go "deeper" in my question : is it just a "firewall" for NuForce to notice that point on the manual or is there a real technical risk for connecting both, but with only one which will receive the signal ?

Regards.

If your preamp degrades the sound by any large degree then that would mean that it's not that great of a preamp anyway...better to just use the prepro for everything IMO.

I've used this method (unity gain) many times in the past and so have many others when they don't have a pass-through input on their preamp...it works great "almost" always.

Free to try

Dave

rustydoglim · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Jun 2006, 06:29 am »

He he he

, a little self promotion here:
Replace your prepro with AVP-16 which has a pretty good 2 channel CD mode when not using the AV section.
Then get P-8 or P-9 if you're not satisfy with the AVP-16 in 2 channel mode.

BTW, we're working on a marketing program to bundle AVP-16 with a state-of-the-art video switcher and a very good but low price DVD player which has very good CD/DVD-A sound.

In the US market, we're offering 75% credit for trading in P-8 toward P-9. We'll have to work it out with international distributor about trade-in program.