Ars Sonum/SBAM hook-up

I am guessing here[sorry],but being in the tape loop will only give you 1 source,be it TT or cd or radio.I think you need to be between the amp and pre amp for more than 1 source.I should know for sure but dont.Good thing its almost morning,Bob

Bob- Ars is an integrated amp w/o pre-out main in jacks, so SBAM cannot be inserted between pre and amp. I have placed the SBAM in the tape loop of my other pre-amps and that works just fine. Also from the BAM manual, it seems that tape loop is allegedly the way to go for multiple sources, which makes sense, because you want to be able to record from multiple sources when you have a tape recorder, which is typically inserted into the tape loop. In a conventional system, the tape out goes to the recorder or processor and then the output of that device goes to tape in. There is no tape in on the Ars, but there is a jack labeled Rec. I assumed that it record (=tape) out and is the output that goes to the BAM input and then the BAM output goes to an unused input on the Ars integrated. But it seems I am wrong. HELP!!!! BTW, there is no tape/monitor switch that I can find, which would of course be the first thing to check.

Of course,its an integrated,I feel dumber than usual now.Yes,a tape monitor switch would solve everything....well,I can't wait to hear the answer,see you in awhile then,good nite,Bob

Hi Swamp,

I am pretty sure that this is the way it goes. When you select CD, it takes that input and sends a signal both to the amp section and to the tape out RCA’s. In your setup, when you select input 2, it is looking for a line level source signal, but you only have your SBAM output to it, thus nothing is being sent to the “tape out” RCA’s in the back of the unit. It is truly not a tape loop like that of the Joule Electra preamps and others, it is simply a tape out and will only output IF you have selected the input with an actual signal going to it.
Bobby will probably explain it better.