Different gain on 2 amps.
I never posted before. OK, here's the deal. I have a new VAC preamp that has no tape monitor output. Only outputs are after the volume control. I want to feed the output of the preamp into 2 separate amplifiers. One to feed my listening room speakers, and the other to feed a second power amp to drive some nice MB Quart speakers in my kitchen. I have done this before using the tape monitor out to a second preamp, then to the second amp and on to the kitchen. Separate volume controls, no sweat.
Now I have a very nice VAC Phi 200 tube power amp for the listening room. Gain is 37 DB for Single ended RCA's. The other amp for the kitchen is a solid state CJ amp with a gain of 27. So I connected these 2 amps to the 2 outputs from the VAC preamp. Everything works, except the volume in the listening room is way louder due to the difference in gain of the 2 amps. As we all know, putting the signal into another preamp is no help.
2 questions:
1. Any ideas on how I can boost up the preamp output from the VAC preamp to the CJ power amp so as to equalize the volumes in both rooms?
2. Anyone know a reasonably priced amp with a gain of 37 or close to that?
BTW, I don't/can't just buy another VAC tube amp for the kitchen. Way too big, way too expensive.