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Anubis

Anubis

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Ok this is gonna be kinda long.

I have a older Bryston power amp. i believe its 50-100 watts. but that doesn?t matter. The way it hooks up is the issue. it hooks up by running a single RCA cable 1 for left and 1 for right out of Pre Amp jacks on the back of the receiver and then the speaker wire runs out of the Amp.

Now here?s my question . I want to use this to power some speakers in a different room then my main system. the problem is that my current receiver doesn?t have any preamp out jacks and neither does that new one im looking at. The only one I know of that has them is my dads Harmon Kardon. So is there anyway that I can hook this to my receiver and have it power stuff?


Another question about this is that when you have it connected to a receiver that has pre amp jacks the speakers only get there power from the amp and not the receiver. is there any way to wire it so it bets power from both?

EDIT: dont tell me to post this at the Home Audio forum. i signed up there but they havent emailed me back saying ive been approved yet so i cant post it.
 
> Another question about this is that when you have it connected to a receiver that has pre amp jacks the speakers only get there power from the amp and not the receiver. is there any way to wire it so it bets power from both?

No.

> I want to use this to power some speakers in a different room then my main system
(a) spend enough to get a receiver with pre-outs
(b) spend enough to get a receiver with "two room" support (some are pre-outs, some have powered speaker-level outs) and sell off the amp
(c) many receivers without "two room" support (two source at once) still have both A and B front speaker outs. If all you need is stereo and not true dual source support, just run speaker wire to room 2 from the B outs, and switch between A and B speakers on the receiver as needed.

 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Ok this is gonna be kinda long.

I have a older Bryston power amp. i believe its 50-100 watts. but that doesn?t matter. The way it hooks up is the issue. it hooks up by running a single RCA cable 1 for left and 1 for right out of Pre Amp jacks on the back of the receiver and then the speaker wire runs out of the Amp.

Now here?s my question . I want to use this to power some speakers in a different room then my main system. the problem is that my current receiver doesn?t have any preamp out jacks
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this is the part where I am getting lost...I thought your receiver have pre-outs, do you have 2 receivers then?
 
Originally posted by: richardycc
Originally posted by: Anubis
Ok this is gonna be kinda long.

I have a older Bryston power amp. i believe its 50-100 watts. but that doesn?t matter. The way it hooks up is the issue. it hooks up by running a single RCA cable 1 for left and 1 for right out of Pre Amp jacks on the back of the receiver and then the speaker wire runs out of the Amp.

Now here?s my question . I want to use this to power some speakers in a different room then my main system. the problem is that my current receiver doesn?t have any preamp out jacks
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this is the part where I am getting lost...I thought your receiver have pre-outs, do you have 2 receivers then?
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no my receiver does not have preout jacks. hence my problim

and theres no way i can afford a receiver that has 2 zone support cause im a poor college student. The one i have now does have A + B fronts and teh one im lookin at does also i guess i can just do it that way

the reason i asked is cause i allready use both a +b sets. because i have that many speakers. and it sounds so damn nice and loud that way. great at partys
 
Have you tried running the amp off a line-level signal? You don't always need a pre-amplified signal (pre-amps are mostly for basic equal. + volume nowadays).
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Have you tried running the amp off a line-level signal? You don't always need a pre-amplified signal (pre-amps are mostly for basic equal. + volume nowadays).
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no idea what that means. and this Bryston amp is eaisily 20 years old
 
Run the bryston amp off the pre-outs, this powers the main speakers.

Then attach another receiver off the tape loop, that will power another set of speakers. Depending on your main receiver you could even listen to different sources.

Can you post a little more detail on the equipment involved? If I'm hearing your right you have two receivers, a power amp and two sets of speakers.

Also you could try running two speakers off one output of the power amp and run them in series. Not the best thing to do but it would work.
 
Originally posted by: sohcrates
yeah, use the "tape loop" aka "monitor" outs on the receiver. they're kinda like pre-amp outs
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With no volume control. It just re-routes the source to the "monitor or rec out" part of a tape loop. Just rember there is no volume attentuation at all. Full line level signal meaning if you plug an amp with no volume control into these its gonaa be hella loud and could even cause some speaker damage.
 
mmm...I really dunno the answer, and it'll be nice to know too. I'd say to just take your dad's H/K 😉 But if you're running a system with pre-outs to an amp, you should still be able to drive a separate set of speakers with the line-level outs (the normal speaker wire output).

And just being a college student doesn't mean you can't afford it...just don't get addicted like me. ^_^ You can find an old H/K 320 or 120, which should have pre-outs for pretty cheap nowadays, and it'll be nice to have a high-quality processor linked to the Bryston.

Otherwise, sell me the Bryston, depending on the model and specs. 😀
 
Bryston amps are nice, I bought a 15yr old 4B long time ago for $500, and sold it for $650 3 years later. Bryston amps have 20yrs warranty!
 
this one is an old 2b or 3b. id like to steal his HK but its not all the powerfull only like 65 x 5. im lookin into getting a new receiver that does at least 100x5. i know CC has a JVC one for 180 thats 6.1 and dolby digital 110x5 but no preamp outs. damit i need money
 
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