I'd like to ask a question and wondering what's the best route. (Pun intended)
I use two CD players. My integrated amplifier has 1 dedicated CD input and several other line level inputs.
According to the manufacturer they've put some special effort and design expertise into the line level CD input in particular. I believe this boils down to shielding the left and right channels from each other to a greater extent than the other line level inputs, for improved fidelity or something like that.
My question is if I were to run both CDPs into a good quality audio RCA switcher so that both CD players can be run into the dedicated CD input, will that negate any benefit of the 'special CD input' because I'm introducing an extra component into the signal path.
Am I better off just running one of the CD players, as I do now, into
'aux 1'?
Are there any RCA switchers on the market that one could reliably assume would not degrade the signal?
If anyone has any thoughts on this, terrible dilemma I'm faced with, I'd appreciate your advice.
My suspicion is that using a switcher would be pointless and it's more likely to be a negative gain than a beneficial one.
I use two CD players. My integrated amplifier has 1 dedicated CD input and several other line level inputs.
According to the manufacturer they've put some special effort and design expertise into the line level CD input in particular. I believe this boils down to shielding the left and right channels from each other to a greater extent than the other line level inputs, for improved fidelity or something like that.
My question is if I were to run both CDPs into a good quality audio RCA switcher so that both CD players can be run into the dedicated CD input, will that negate any benefit of the 'special CD input' because I'm introducing an extra component into the signal path.
Am I better off just running one of the CD players, as I do now, into
'aux 1'?
Are there any RCA switchers on the market that one could reliably assume would not degrade the signal?
If anyone has any thoughts on this, terrible dilemma I'm faced with, I'd appreciate your advice.
My suspicion is that using a switcher would be pointless and it's more likely to be a negative gain than a beneficial one.