Help please pre-tuner as a stand-alone tuner ???

Zaikesman: See your point. I was understanding the second question to be ... could I use the Adcom's remote control as a way to control the entire "on/off; volume; etc" functions of the system. I missed the part of the VCR sitting in between the Adcom and the integrated amp. As for my last sentence ... not paying attention strikes again ... if I am using the Adcom's tape out ... the volume control is taken out of the picture. The Adcom's remote will only act as a way to power up/off the system and only if, I use its switched outlet. Thanks, Rich

Thanks for your help guys, it's a puzzling question. The idea of having at least the on-off feature through the pre-amp is nice BUT...as for the integrated plugged in to the pre-amp , seems I would just be routing the power through unnecessary stages through the pre-amp instead or a direct clean (well sort of) electricity feed directly into the wall? Am I not ''contaminating '' my power this way? Funny how a simple topic can evolve...

Thanks for your help guys, it's a puzzling question. The idea of having at least the on-off feature through the pre-amp is nice BUT...as for the integrated plugged in to the pre-amp , seems I would just be routing the power through unnecessary stages through the pre-amp instead or a direct clean (well sort of) electricity feed directly into the wall? Am I not ''contaminating '' my power this way? Funny how a simple topic can evolve...

Well, the wall power wouldn't be going through "stages", just extra wire and contacts, plus a switch. Just try it and see if you can hear a difference.

Thanks for the help. Connecting the pre-out to the line in of the tube integrated yields lesser quality sonics than the tape out jacks on this same pre-amp. Sure, the pre-amps remote can be used to control the integrated, but it's not worth it sonically, as the signal is pre-amplified twice....finally tried it, and not worth it really.

Thanks!