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Splitting signal from a phono preamp

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4/6/11 at 9:42am
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I have a Woo WA6 headphone amp and need to feed it and an integrated both from a phono preamp with only one RCA output. The integrated, an Audio Research DSI200, doesn't have a tape or pre-out so I can't run the Woo from it. I'm thinking of using a Y cable from the phono output and just splitting the signal, with cables to both the Woo and the integrated. Does anyone know if this will cause any problems as long as I don't have the integrated and the headphone amp on at the same time? Will there be any signal loss or degradation? Anyone have any other suggestions, or recommendations on where to get a good quality Y connecter?
Edited by ambon - 4/6/11 at 9:45am
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4/10/11 at 8:22am

I wouldn't worry about the quality of the Y connector,but more about the signal loss from the split.  If you have both connected, but only one is being used at a time and the other is not, there should be no signal loss on the one being used.  If both ends are being used simulataneously there will be signal split proportional to each load end(how much each side demands).

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