martybu141
New Head-Fier
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Posts
- 15
- Likes
- 0
I know it can be done but is it bad for the monitors? Also would I get better results driving a regular amp with loud speakers?
I know it's standard practice to drive a preamp into an amp, which is in essence what I would be doing with the active speakers.
I'm just not sure if it would loose fidelity or if an active speaker is designed to accept a stronger signal than what comes from the phono preamp like a regular amp can.
turntable --> phono preamp --> preamp --> power amp --> loudspeakers
turntable --> phono preamp --> tuner -----------------------> preamp --> power amp --> loudspeakers cd player ------------------->
sources --> preamp --> power amp --> loudspeakers
sources --> integrated amp --> loudspeakers
sources --> preamp --> power amp --> passive speakers
sources --> preamp --> active speakers
source --> active speakers
So this might be another dumb question but would the solid state amps in the monitors change the signal from analog to digital?
My concern was if I turn the monitors to 2 is the signal they recieve from the preamp too strong and can damage the monitor amps but it sounds like it isn't a problem.