vetobaby Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I have a set of klipschhorns. I already have an amp connected to them for home theater. Can I connect another amp (Mcintosh MC275) to this same set of Klipschorns at the same time for music. I would only have one amp working at any time and the Klipschorn speaker connectors will accept two sets of wires so I would like to know of this would be O.K. My concern is that the signal from the working amp would want to travel down the other set of speaker wires toward the non working amp once the signal reached the speaker terminals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psypathic Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Just get you a a/b selector switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Are you working tonight Austin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Doing so without an A/B selector switch is asking to smoke one or both amps. Get a switch box. Sure Parts express has one. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Doing so without an A/B selector switch is asking to smoke one or both amps. Get a switch box. Sure Parts express has one. Here's one of many posts on the subject of SELECTORS http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/301006/ShowPost.aspx M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Niles DPS-1 I use one as do many other forum members. Not cheap but one of the better switch boxes on the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psypathic Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 No, I'm off sats and suns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjgeraci Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/628550/ShowPost.aspx Carl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 A Niles DPS-1 would work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 If you wanted to save a lot of money and don't need a remote then you might also consider building one yourself. Just get a suitably rated DPDT switch from PE: http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?webpage_id=3&SO=2&&DID=7&CATID=41&ObjectGroup_ID=347 At the bottom you'll notice two DPDT switches for $3.50 and $5.75. Both will be more than sufficient and there's even that rubber boot if you wanted to make it look nice. You would just have to plug the the first amp to the bottom pair of terminals and the second amp to the top pair (or vice versa) and then wire the center pair to the speakers. I'm always up for building stuff so I would be willing to pump out a really nice looking switch with fancy binding posts for around $30 (though I guess it depends on what you're looking for). One of these days I'll figure out remote technology and build a remote switcher (wouldn't that be fun for AB testing?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 If you wanted to save a lot of money and don't need a remote then you might also consider building one yourself. Just get a suitably rated DPDT switch from PE: http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?webpage_id=3&SO=2&&DID=7&CATID=41&ObjectGroup_ID=347 At the bottom you'll notice two DPDT switches for $3.50 and $5.75. Both will be more than sufficient and there's even that rubber boot if you wanted to make it look nice. You would just have to plug the the first amp to the bottom pair of terminals and the second amp to the top pair (or vice versa) and then wire the center pair to the speakers. I'm always up for building stuff so I would be willing to pump out a really nice looking switch with fancy binding posts for around $30 (though I guess it depends on what you're looking for). One of these days I'll figure out remote technology and build a remote switcher (wouldn't that be fun for AB testing?) I'll buy one from you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Yikes! you got a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 So do you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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