"There must be a few tube integrateds that will let you bypass the preamp and go directly to the power amp, but I know only one". Now My cheap nad 352 let me do this without using its built in preamp. However if I wanted to do this with tubes it would require tubes in the integrateds driver tube section burning for no reason correct???The transistors and other parts were still running the full time, just as a tube amp does. There just may be no sound signal going through them. In a lot of these amps by design, other parts share the same power supply. And, making any changes like (removing tubes) that can throw the whole amp out of spec. This may or may not cause problems at first, but may cause the other parts to have too much voltage going to them. The result, costly repairs possibly if you try to remove any unused tubes. Again, too risky.
Davidnboone
Phono preamp to amp question
I own a Eastern Electric minimax phono stage. It has no volume control and I plan on using it as my only preamp .I used a Nad c352 with it in the past using the rcas to bypass the preamp in the nad integrated. I will be using this in a 90% vinyl only system Is it possible to use anything other than a integrated amp since I have no other preamp for volume control? I would like to use a tube integrated but is it possible to bypass the built in preamp on a tube integrated and use my eastern electric as the phono stage without having to use or install driver tubes into the integrated amp. Can I bypass the driver tubes on a tube integrated?
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