dtr20 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 @derrickdj1 you recommended the Niles amplifier switch in another thread to someone so they can have 1 set of speakers hooked to 2 separate sources. I picked up one of these and it works great. I have my Pioneer sx-1010 receiver (solid state) and my harman kardon fa3000x receiver (tube) hooked up to my khorns. I know you are not supposed to run a tube amp without speakers hooked up to the outputs. I just wanted to know if it's safe to a+b my receivers with this switch with one being a tube receiver. Do I need to shut off the amp? I hope this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauln Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 There is a link to the PDF of the owners manual on this page... in the "Details" section under "Documents" Niles Audio SAS-1 owners manual It's Just Gone It's Just Gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtr20 Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 I bought the Niles DSP-1 switch. I found the 1 page manual, but it doesn't say much at all except how to hook it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 If you are switched to the SS amp there will be no load for the tube amp. Here is what I did with a tube amp... I had the 12 volt activation signal plugged into the same power strip as my tube amp. When I turned on the power strip it would switch the Niles switch over to the connection for the tube amp. Unless the 12 volt power supply failed I couldn't have the tube amp on without a speaker load. Used it that way for a year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 My tube amp is one with no standby and is a PP amp. When switching from the avr, I will turn the sub amp on for a few minutes while still playing a movie or music on the avr. Then I will use the Niles and switch to the tube amp. This does not seem to cause a problem for the tube amp. I have probably not switched over to the tube amp for 5 to 10 min. after turning it on. Since this is a passive device, I don't think there is 0 load on the speaker and there must be a little bleed thru. It could also be that this is a new amp with a lot of protection feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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