Yes"Would it be possible to connect two different amps to a speaker?
With dedicated master/slave relais it would be possible.critical 2 channel music listening
I think if you never accidentally turn both on at same time you're fine. But if you do, then electricity from one amp out goes to the other amp input and it probably is going to be bad. If you're ok with a manual switch, you can get a cheap double pole double throw (DPDT) toggle switch. This one (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B6R0HOO) handles about 800 watts. You'd hook the + and - out from each amp to the end legs then the run from middle legs to your speaker. I guess you'd need one for each speaker.Would it be possible to connect two different amps to a speaker? My usage is 80% TV/movies, and I use a solid state amp for that. However I’d like to get a tube integrated amp for critical 2 channel music listening, and I’m wondering how I can integrate that with my current HT setup. I’m not too keen on using the tube amp for HT use due to tube life and dealing with warm up time etc every time I want to just watch some TV
My speakers only have one set of binding posts. Only one of the sources would be active at any time, however would there be any danger if I forget to switch off one of the amps while the other is playing
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If high fidelity is one's goal [see my signature], rather than supposedly "pleasing" euphonic distortion and tube hiss sound, I personally think that is a bad idea. I would suggest sticking with solid state amplification for all sources, just like the vast majority of pros and recording studios do.However I’d like to get a tube integrated amp for critical 2 channel music listening,
A high-quality passive switch will cause very minimal or no sonic degradation.Thanks for all the suggestions.. I’m gonna look for a DPS-1 or some of the other suggestions mentioned. I’m guessing adding a switch in between will not degrade the sound too much?
F to all that crap in your signature lol. I'd rather enjoy something the way *I* like it not the way someone else tells me I need to have it. Cheers.If high fidelity is one's goal [see my signature], rather than supposedly "pleasing" euphonic distortion and tube hiss sound, I personally think that is a bad idea. I would suggest sticking with solid state amplification for all sources, just like the vast majority of pros and recording studios do.
Come on dude give it a rest. This isn't a thread asking for opinions on whether or not people agree he should use a tube amp or not. If you dont like tube amps, dont buy one.I was a Niles dealer for over 20 years and found that they made good products, including the DPS-1, albeit a tad pricey.
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The 10 Biggest Lies in Audio- Audio Critic magazine:
"2. The Vacuum-Tube Lie
This lie is also, in a sense, about a peripheral matter, since vacuum tubes are hardly mainstream in the age of silicon. It’s an all-pervasive lie, however, in the high-end audio market; just count the tube-equipment ads as a percentage of total ad pages in the typical high-end magazine. Unbelievable! And so is, of course, the claim that vacuum tubes are inherently superior to transistors in audio applications–don’t you believe it.
Tubes are great for high-powered RF transmitters and microwave ovens but not, at the turn of the century, for amplifiers, preamps, or (good grief!) digital components like CD and DVD players. What’s wrong with tubes? Nothing, really. There’s nothing wrong with gold teeth, either, even for upper incisors (that Mideastern grin); it’s just that modern dentistry offers more attractive options. Whatever vacuum tubes can do in a piece of audio equipment, solid-state devices can do better, at lower cost, with greater reliability. Even the world’s best-designed tube amplifier will have higher distortion than an equally well-designed transistor amplifier and will almost certainly need more servicing (tube replacements, rebiasing, etc.) during its lifetime. (Idiotic designs such as 8-watt single-ended triode amplifiers are of course exempt, by default, from such comparisons since they have no solid-state counterpart.)
As for the “tube sound,” there are two possibilities: (1) It’s a figment of the deluded audiophile’s imagination, or (2) it’s a deliberate coloration introduced by the manufacturer to appeal to corrupted tastes, in which case a solid-state design could easily mimic the sound if the designer were perverse enough to want it that way.
Yes, there exist very special situations where a sophisticated designer of hi-fi electronics might consider using a tube (e.g., the RF stage of an FM tuner), but those rare and narrowly qualified exceptions cannot redeem the common, garden-variety lies of the tube marketers, who want you to buy into an obsolete technology."
I have a right to state my views, as do you, and will continue to do so. He stated in the first post he is considering buying a tube amp and if in my opinion that might be a bad idea, I have a right to provide links to audio experts on the topic.Come on dude give it a rest. This isn't a thread asking for opinions on whether or not people agree he should use a tube amp or not. If you dont like tube amps, dont buy one.
Recording studios do not function like home listening areas.If high fidelity is one's goal [see my signature], rather than supposedly "pleasing" euphonic distortion and tube hiss sound, I personally think that is a bad idea. I would suggest sticking with solid state amplification for all sources, just like the vast majority of pros and recording studios do.
