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Can I connect my integrated amplifier to a power amplifier and still use my integrated amplifier?

  • This is a very confusing integrated amplifier question but let me try and explain my situation. I have an integrated amp with two speakers connected to them, I want to add two more speakers by connecting a power amp to my existing integrated amp. I know I can connect my integrated amp to the power amp by using the "Pre-Outs" on my integrated amp. However, when you use the "pre-out" it completely by-passes the power amp located inside my integrated amp. So here is my question, I bought a audio Y-cable rca cable ( 1 male end, 2 female ends ). What if i were to plug the male end into the "pre-out" of my integrated amp and run 1 female end into the power amp and run the 2nd female end back into my integrated amp. By running the 2nd female rca cord back into my integrated amp, will it still be able to power the 2 speakers that I currently have hooked up to it??? To conclude, I want 2 speakers running on the power amp and 2 speakers running on my current integrated at the same time. If you are able to answer this question I will be so happy. Once again, I'm so sorry because I know this is such a confusing question!!!!!!

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    That will work fine. The power amp needs to have gain controls so that you can adjust the relative levels of the two pairs of speakers. Otherwise, the ones powered by the larger amp will always be louder. It seems you should have two (one for each channel) Y-adaptors with TWO males and ONE female each. The males would connect the pre-out and main-in jacks on the integrated amp, and the female allows you to use a standard male<>male stereo interconnect to feed the power amp.

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Your question is confusing because it is all in one paragraph. My response will be composed the way you should have composed the question. Compare the two and note the difference. Your idea should work IF the switching in the jacks allows it. However, it won't work if the switching does not allow it. Y adapters are cheap, so the financial risk is minimal. Nothing confusing about that, is there?

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It could work but it also depends on what integrated amp your talking about and what power amp, also what speakers, when you split the signal like that there is no gate or regulator involved and the electricity can flow in any direction, what you should be concerned with is the impedance involved and how its perceived by each amp...this is going to determine the flow of electricity, The electricity will tend to take the path of least resistance...if all four speakers are the same make and model it should not be a problem because the impedance will be pretty much equal in all four channels but your results could vary depending on the amps too and how they were designed as compared to each other. If your power amp has 150 watts per channel while your integrated has only 40, this could cause your speaker out put to be mismatched with no way to regulate it, if you have different speakers attached this also could cause a mismatch in impedance causing one set to play really loud while the other you can barley hear, most amplifiers will have a trip switch or fuse that will protect the amp in case of to much flow, but sometimes you can also over heat an amp with too low of an impedance load, which may not cause the amp to fail immediately but could shorten the life expectancy of the amp from say 30 years down to 10......

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I was taught that two amplifiers in series will always cancel out the first amplifier. So if you are trying to get more power to the speakers, you will not accomplish this with two amps, and a Y cable. Or are you trying to add speakers? you know what would help also , Give us the Model number of both devises so that we may see the outputs and connectors, it should be that you can take the pre out to "feed" a low output signal to the other power amp. What if you hook two pairs of speaker to each terminal? so if you have two speaker outs, and left and a right channel, hook took speaker the the left and two speaker to the right. Dropping the impedance to 4 ohms will not damage the amp, so your integrated amp, feed the signal to your power amp, and the power amp has four speakers on it! Problem solved!

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