PRE AMP PLEASE

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FOLLOWING THE " HOW TO BRIDGE A POWER AMP" POST RECENTLY DISCUSSED IT SEEMS THAT IF I WANNA RUN TWO POWER AMPS, ILL NEED A PRE AMP WITH TWO PRE OUTS .CAN ANYONE ADVISE ON THIS ILL BE SPENDING £400/£500, MAKE AND FINISH IS NOT A ISSUE BUT I WOULD PREFER IF THE SAME MAKE ALSO OFFERS POWER AMPS OF THE SAME PRICE RANGE JUST TO KEEP THINGS IN SINERGY ALSO A REMOTE WOULD BE NICE MY INITIAL IDEA IS 1-NAD C162 PRE AMPLIFIER 2-NAD C272 POWER AMPLIFIER HOWEVER ID LIKE TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS AND AM VERY INTRESTED IN THE ADVANCE ACUSTIC RANGE BUT IT AS NOT BEEN TESTED YET CHEERS STEFANO

 

[Anonymous]

No need to shout,we are not deaf.....yet.ha.

 

[Thaiman]

Sex, mate....I would wait until the sexy Tannoy arrived first and then see from there....don't upgrade prematurely!

 

[Andrew Everard]

Audiolab 800Q £599 and a pair of 8000Ps (£400 each), or indeed an 8000P for the treble and a pair of 8000Ms (also £400) for the bass.

 

[Anonymous]

the tannoys are here thaiman and im a happy bunny mate sond is good very good just tried some songs i know well and the detail is astonishing i can hear things i didnt know were there in the first place so im looking to re discover my cd collection but i feel as i need more power the tannoy soubnd like a pint half full with my 640 azur! and lads dont drink half pints !

 

[Anonymous]

audiolab sounds great but i keep thinking the nad's will give me the sonic performance .the nad pre amp has two pre out for the power amps but one is variable what does that mean and can i use it to do this biamping thing?

 

[Andrew Everard]

If that means the other set are fixed level, then no. Back to the y-adaptors (sure we've been here before)

 

[Anonymous]

lets not go y adaptors again ok?i dont wanna upset u again, i like u u are a nice guy 🙂

 

[Andrew Everard]

Hey only giving you the liquid hydrogen facts...

 

[Anonymous]

so i need pre amp with two pre outs but no variable output in the £400 to£500 range audiolab i 1 option as u said what else is out there andrew

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes you need a variable output - ie one controlled by the volume control on the preamp. And any preamp with just one set of preouts will do the trick if you use the adapters I suggested about a million years ago...

 

[Anonymous]

but the audiolab dosent have variable out puts

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes it does - they're controlled by the volume control, as are the preouts on every preamp

 

[Anonymous]

so both are variable on the audio lab just they dont say on the web site still any other pre amp out there that i should consider ?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Any preamp, from the Creek passive up to the likes of Rotel, etc, will have variable preouts.

Are you sure this isn't a wind-up?

 

[Anonymous]

do they all have two variable pre outs? no not winding u up just plain stupid when it comes to electricity

 

[Andrew Everard]

Not alll but the ones with just one set can be used with the Y-adapters. And that brings us back to

-oh-oh-oh...

 

[Anonymous]

ok but do they all have two variable outputs as the audiolab ? not winding u up mate

 

[Anonymous]

i woul like to avoid y adapters and just get a pre amp with two varia out puts so again any other then audiolab???

 

[Andrew Everard]

All but the simplest of preamps offer two sets of outputs to feed power amps, and quite a lot of power amps have preamp-level outputs allowing you to loop the signal through to a second power amp.

 

[Thaiman]

I think Andrew have a soft spot for SEX!

 

[Anonymous]

i think i shouldnt turn up at the show just in case he see my tattoo on my nek and decides to sterangle me quaietly wit a qed anniversary xt 🙂

 

[Anton90125]

Its like a "not the nine o'clock news sketch":
What's the difference between a gramophone and a turntable -Thirty years and a plastic cover! Ha priceless

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dSINO6MKtco .

Just joking SEX!