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Post by gus4emo on Mar 28, 2020 10:38:30 GMT -5
Hi all, I'm thinking, just thinking, I have different speakers for music and movies, using an Adcom speaker Selector, I just got an A150 to power the wides, doing great, have an XPA200 powering the heights, would get another A150 for the heights, and use the XPA200 for stereo, but will have to split the left and right outputs from the receiver preamp section to go to the XPA200 and the XPA7, then the XPA7 will only be used for movies and the XPA200 for music, I believe it should be fine, what are your thoughts?
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Post by AudioHTIT on Mar 28, 2020 11:06:52 GMT -5
I have separate amps and speakers for HT and two channel, I use trigger programming to turn the appropriate amps on and off based on inputs — turntable (Analog 1), CD player (Coax 1), music server (USB), trigger 2C amps on — DTV, Oppo, ATV4K, Mac video (essentially all HDMI), trigger HT amps on. I built my own cables, including splitters for L/R, to feed the signals. Works great!
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Post by vcautokid on Mar 28, 2020 11:17:09 GMT -5
Normally I would say sure go ahead. But depending how recent your AVR is, it might not be my first choice. Seeing allot of receivers today have a rough time swinging 1 volt out in a linear fashion. You can't hurt anything using Y adapters, but get some good ones. Some introduce noise and hum. Like the old adapters Emotiva used to sell,those were nice. Don't know if they still do. Worth a try sure. Much older receivers had healthy Preamplifier outputs that swung over 2 volts no problem. New ones well? Not so much. But give it a try anyway to see how you do. It may work out fine for you, and it is easy and cheap to do.
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Post by gus4emo on Mar 28, 2020 11:18:07 GMT -5
I have separate amps and speakers for HT and two channel, I use trigger programming to turn the appropriate amps on and off based on inputs — turntable (Analog 1), CD player (Coax 1), music server (USB), trigger 2C amps on — DTV, Oppo, ATV4K, Mac video (essentially all HDMI), trigger HT amps on. I built my own cables, including splitters for L/R, to feed the signals. Works great! Thanks for the reply. |
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Post by gus4emo on Mar 28, 2020 11:25:35 GMT -5
Normally I would say sure go ahead. But depending how recent your AVR is, it might not be my first choice. Seeing allot of receivers today have a rough time swinging 1 volt out in a linear fashion. You can't hurt anything using Y adapters, but get some good ones. Some introduce noise and hum. Like the old adapters Emotiva used to sell,those were nice. Don't know if they still do. Worth a try sure. Much older receivers had healthy Preamplifier outputs that swung over 2 volts no problem. New ones well? Not so much. But give it a try anyway to see how you do. It may work out fine for you, and it is easy and cheap to do. The receiver is a Denon 4520, both amps will not be on at the same time, I will have the receiver triggers the appropriate amps on, Mediabridge makes great cables, I can order the splitters on Amazon, the XPA200 should be great for the SM55s, and I won't be concerned about the XPA7's 520 watts per channel in stereo ruining the SM55s, I like my favorite music loud... |
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Post by vcautokid on Mar 28, 2020 11:36:29 GMT -5
Cool beans Gus!
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