speakers and cables

@akgwhiz that’s interesting? It would be much easier for because the speakers’ bindings are modern - easy to access.

thanks @mashif - that's a good price. (And then I clicked on the 77K speaker cable)

I have the same feeling about Y splitters, not very audiophile-ish.

I will not argue the impressions of audiophiles but I don’t believe there is any electrical difference between preamps with two rca outputs and what is accomplished by the splitter.  If it feels more audiophile-ish, order the fancier AudioQuest splitters I linked in my first post here.  😎

Consider that you might be over-thinking this.

@mitch2 I was just splitting hairs. My system is very low-fi so I was just making a side note, I have no objections. 

@immatthewj I have the same feeling about Y splitters, not very audiophile-ish. But - also cheaper than a box.

I have not tried "serializing" subs and speakers. I want the signal to go from my amp directly to the speakers to somehow justify my semi-decent Morrow Audio speaker cables. (In the same time, at my level, speaker cables don’t matter)

I will not argue the impressions of audiophiles but I don’t believe there is any electrical difference between preamps with two rca outputs and what is accomplished by the splitter.

@grislybutter , not only are they cheaper than a box, they may well provide a less blemished signal than a box with poteniometers, and a box  that  also requires an extra pair of RCA cables to connect it between the preamp and the amp.. And I would feel the same way as you do  about the speaker wires--I’d prefer to have them going directly from my amp to the speakers. Which I guess is why I always ran my sub with RCA cables.

@mitch2 , I really don’t know the answer to that. I have no doubt that if a thread was started on the subject, there would be a lot stating just that POV. And that may well be the case. I will say this, however, at one time I was running a Muse Model Two dac, and that particular dac was set up with a BNC input for the digital cable. Which I had to have made, because the digital out on the component that was feeding it were NOT BNC. Anyway, after years of use, my custom made digital cable started going bad and the dac would come unlocked from the incoming signal. BUT: in their infinite wisdom, Muse had provided a BNC to RCA adapter that could be inserted into the BNC port of the dac and then could be connected to the component in front of it with a cable that was RCA on both ends (which I just happened to have a couple of). So I was thinking, "Great," and that’s what I did. Even with my ears I could hear that it didn’t sound as good that way.

But, I am in no way saying that a ’Y’ splitter out of a preamp is the same as a BNC to RCA adapter for a digital cable.

@immatthewj

I also thought of this. I know it’s lame but fairly cheap and maybe by Christmas I can budget for it; it could be nice visuals and a speaker "multiplier". If it could handle it.
Douk Audio VU3 Dual Analog VU Meter, 2-Way Amplifier/Speaker Switch