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    Receiver as preamp for SET tube amp?

    in Talkin' Tubes

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    On 1/13/2021 at 9:28 AM, richieb said:

    Why compromise the magic of SET with the preamp section from a receiver? Like JMON said it will work but I can’t believe is the best solution or the end game sound you’re looking for. 

    Thanks for your input. Don’t want to compromise the sound, just looking for the convenience of the preamp functionality with the Marantz in front. Listening to them together and separate, I don’t hear any significant differences so far. This might be a temporary solution...

    Receiver as preamp for SET tube amp?

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    1 hour ago, henry4841 said:

    Nothing wrong with using receiver as preamp if you have preamp out with a tube amplifier. Most everything these days is digital before it gets to the receiver anyways. The tube sound is dominated by the tube amplifier. Yes the tone controls can still be used and are in the circuit. At least on 99% of the receivers out there. The preamp out is usually right before the amplifier  output stage of the receiver. 

    I tried to run from preout to the aux input on my tube amp but it just overrode the sound of the tube amp with the Marantz...maybe I don’t have the right input on the tube amp to do this?

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