Opposite of a pre-amp? Reversed/inverse pre-amp?

So....I seem to be piling up headphone amps at a prodigious pace. I've got 4 right now, with at least one or two more to come. I am running them of a Burson HA-160D, which I am very happy with. The Burson only has a single pair of RCA outputs. I'm trying to find a way hook up all of my amps to the Burson outputs, so that I don't have to fiddle around with disconnecting and reconnecting my interconnects each time I switch amps.

Ironically, the Burson is a pre-amp, meaning that it has multiple analog and digital inputs, but only a single set of RCA outputs. It occured to me that what I need is a sort of RCA switch, or the opposite of a pre-amp. In other words, something with only one input, but lots of outputs.

Is there any reason I can't use something like this, just in reverse? In other words, hook up the amps to the inputs, and the Burson output to the output sockets?

Regards,

Adam

Thanks for taking the time to respond. To be clear, I'm not really looking to split the signal. I don't want to run multiple headphone amps simultaneously. Instead, I'm looking for something more akin to a switch. I want to use one amp at a time, but don't want to have to unplug the interconnects from my DAC each time. So I'm looking for a way to direct the full, unsplit signal from my DAC, to different amps, but only one at a time.

As for the "inverse pre-amp", I have to admit that was more of a joke. I was trying to come up with something funny in the thread title to try and get people to click on it...

Doesn't seem to have worked so well thus far, however...

Your search is over. You can use the Decware RSB6 as I suggested. I contacted Decware and Steve Deckert personally responded to tell me that that is how he uses it himself. I just ordered one.

Regards,

Adam

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Originally Posted by uelover 

Seems like the circuit links up only two points at every point of time. Since, current could flow in either direction, it will flow in the reverse way as long as a circuit is complete.

 

I have just sent my DAC for modification for an additional output. I will have two concurrent output at any point of time and there will be no degradation to the SQ.

Well, yes. But that is exactly what I was looking for, and why I was fairly confident that the Decware RSB6 would work for my purposes. I couldn't think of any reason why the internal design of the circuit should be a problem. Like I said, I'm not looking to use two output devices at the same time, I just want to be able to switch between them without having to disconnect and reconnect my interconnects. I'll only use one headphone amp at a time. Assuming this switch is of good quality (and all of the reviews seems to indicate that it is), then this seems like an excellend and fairly economical solution. Certainly cheaper than having my DAC modified.

Wow, I'm amazed you could have that done so cheaply. But since I already have my DAC, I would have to find someone willing to do the work, plus pay for shipment both ways. What DAC are you using?

The cost itself is never really a big deal. But I would have to find someone willing to do the work at a reasonable price who also knew what they were doing. And pay for shipping both ways. I'm currently using the Burson HA-160D as my DAC, so it has pretty thick panels and would not be cheap to ship around.

Nice DAC! I've often longed for one myself. At that price for a dedicated DAC, however, I wish it had balanced outputs... Anyway, have fun!