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Speaker A/B Option With Separates?

Forgive me for a possibly naiive question, but does duch a thing exist? I'm thinking of going this route (tubed preamp + ss amp), but would like to be able to drive my kitchen speakers as well as my living room speakers with the same pre/amp combo. I see that some amps have two sets of binding posts, but I don't see any Speaker A/B switches on the fronts. Any insights would be appreciated.
rosedanny
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
Paraound HCA series amps have them (atleast the 800 did), I had a HCA 800 and it was like 90w and sounded great.has A/B switch right on front and these can be had for around $200 used.
elevick
2,637 posts
 
You can get a simple little Adcom switchbox, A/B/C speakers. The only problem is you won't have separate volume controls. That's why multiroom receivers are so nice. Different volumes in each room and even different sources.
maineiac
649 posts
 
I agree with Elevick. I would find a decent used receiver that you can hook the pre-outs from the pre-amp into and then have a seperate volume control.
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
The Parasound amp I mentioned has Left and Right volume, snatch one up!
ait
480 posts
 
You can also run a second set of wires from the same amp binding posts and hook up a separate volume control (Niles Audio has a nice impedance-matching model) either in the wall or on a table. I have this set-up for my patio and living room fed from an amp in my family room. It works very well, and you don't need another amp or receiver.
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