amp selector?

jeberhart · 09-10-2002, 01:41 PM

I have a Denon AVR 3801, but I run my front speakers -- Polk Monitor 10Bs -- off an Adcom GFA 555 stereo amp, which is connected to the Denon via the Denon's preamp outs.

Works fine, but I'd like the ability to switch back and forth between having the Adcom in the system and just running the Denon by itself across all channels.

Is there some device out there that would let me run speaker wire from the Polks into the device, which would then have a switch to assign the front LR signal either to the Denon or to the Adcom? Kind of the reverse of a speaker selector, I guess. Or am I just asking too much? Wouldn't be the first time.:lol:

hoosier21 · 09-10-2002, 02:15 PM

Don't know of anything like this

cgravil · 09-24-2002, 01:31 AM

maybe use a speaker selector for this. Hook Adcom into A and Dennon into B and the Speakers into the "input" of the speaker selector? I have seen a few remote speaker selectors... this would be considered ghetto by many of the folks here but hey if it works. but TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK<pictures a smoking Adcom because A+B was selected by mistake>

jeberhart · 09-24-2002, 04:34 AM

Found just the ticket ... and no surprise it is made by Niles. It's called a DPS-1 and it is an amp selector. Speaker wires run into A and B, one set from each amp, then one set of commons runs out to speakers. Unit has a push button to select A or B. No sound degradation that I can hear. And under $100.

cgravil · 09-25-2002, 02:17 AM

god love niles... works similar to what I had thought of.... but it's much better to go with niles and not be ghetto!

peace,

Clay

mantis · 09-25-2002, 08:01 AM

I assume you want to do this due to tonal indifferences for Home Theater??

jeberhart · 09-25-2002, 11:44 AM

Right you are, Mantis: I did this because I wanted to see what the system sounded like for home theater with the Adcom out of the loop. And the balance is better.

Funny thing, though: I've been listening that way for music sometimes, too, since I bought the Niles box, and the Denon is a bigger-sounding, more dramatic unit. I don't mean louder; it's not. But for rock or blues or even "big" classical or jazz stuff, it seems to have better instrumental separation, a stronger stereo image, etc. Movies are much better balanced, front to rear and side to side.

But I still like the Adcom in the loop for acoustic music, quiet jazz, chamber music -- anything intimate, really, because the Adcom seems to add nothing nor take anything away -- I didn't realize until I got the amp selector what an incredibly flat, honest piece of equipment it is. Smooth throughout the frequencies. But, yeah, in comparison with the Denon receiver, also kind of workmanlike and basic. Didn't really expect that.

scottvamp · 09-25-2002, 08:35 PM

Interesting post - I am looking for a 2ch. power amp so I can run my mains on it. Have rt1000's stacked with rt35's and I need a strong 4ohm amp. Any suggestions?

RuSsMaN · 09-25-2002, 09:35 PM

Carver, Adcom, Nad, Rotel, AMC, Marantz....plenty for the picking....

09-10-2002, 01:41 PM	#1
jeberhart Polkster Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 69	amp selector? I have a Denon AVR 3801, but I run my front speakers -- Polk Monitor 10Bs -- off an Adcom GFA 555 stereo amp, which is connected to the Denon via the Denon's preamp outs. Works fine, but I'd like the ability to switch back and forth between having the Adcom in the system and just running the Denon by itself across all channels. Is there some device out there that would let me run speaker wire from the Polks into the device, which would then have a switch to assign the front LR signal either to the Denon or to the Adcom? Kind of the reverse of a speaker selector, I guess. Or am I just asking too much? Wouldn't be the first time.:lol: __________________ "Evil men have no songs." -- Quotation found in Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Gods"

09-10-2002, 02:15 PM	#2
hoosier21 Polk Expert Member Sales Rating: (17) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,914	Don't know of anything like this __________________ Acurus RL11 - Preamp Aragon 8008ST - Power amp Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B - Vandersteen 2Ci (8) 12" driver DIY - Subwoofer Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp Outlaw ICBM - crossover Beringher BFD - sub eq Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote! "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."

09-24-2002, 01:31 AM	#3
cgravil Polkster Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ankmorpork Posts: 101	maybe use a speaker selector for this. Hook Adcom into A and Dennon into B and the Speakers into the "input" of the speaker selector? I have seen a few remote speaker selectors... this would be considered ghetto by many of the folks here but hey if it works. but TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK<pictures a smoking Adcom because A+B was selected by mistake> __________________ The probibility of someone watching you is directly related to the stupidity of the action in question.

09-24-2002, 04:34 AM	#4
jeberhart Polkster Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 69	Found it Found just the ticket ... and no surprise it is made by Niles. It's called a DPS-1 and it is an amp selector. Speaker wires run into A and B, one set from each amp, then one set of commons runs out to speakers. Unit has a push button to select A or B. No sound degradation that I can hear. And under $100.

09-25-2002, 08:01 AM	#6
mantis Polk Guru Member Sales Rating: (10) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pa Posts: 9,552	I assume you want to do this due to tonal indifferences for Home Theater?? __________________ Dan My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.

09-25-2002, 02:17 AM	#5
cgravil Polkster Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ankmorpork Posts: 101	god love niles... works similar to what I had thought of.... but it's much better to go with niles and not be ghetto! peace, Clay

09-25-2002, 11:44 AM	#7
jeberhart Polkster Member Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 69	God love Niles, indeed Right you are, Mantis: I did this because I wanted to see what the system sounded like for home theater with the Adcom out of the loop. And the balance is better. Funny thing, though: I've been listening that way for music sometimes, too, since I bought the Niles box, and the Denon is a bigger-sounding, more dramatic unit. I don't mean louder; it's not. But for rock or blues or even "big" classical or jazz stuff, it seems to have better instrumental separation, a stronger stereo image, etc. Movies are much better balanced, front to rear and side to side. But I still like the Adcom in the loop for acoustic music, quiet jazz, chamber music -- anything intimate, really, because the Adcom seems to add nothing nor take anything away -- I didn't realize until I got the amp selector what an incredibly flat, honest piece of equipment it is. Smooth throughout the frequencies. But, yeah, in comparison with the Denon receiver, also kind of workmanlike and basic. Didn't really expect that.

09-25-2002, 08:35 PM	#8
scottvamp Polkologist Member Sales Rating: (1) Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,294	Interesting post - I am looking for a 2ch. power amp so I can run my mains on it. Have rt1000's stacked with rt35's and I need a strong 4ohm amp. Any suggestions? __________________ PS3 and HD Front Projection, life is good. Too bad Blu-Ray and the PS3 are already obsolete.....

09-25-2002, 09:35 PM	#9
RuSsMaN Hardcore Member Sales Rating: (27) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Texas Posts: 16,017	Carver, Adcom, Nad, Rotel, AMC, Marantz....plenty for the picking.... __________________ If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough - when you get knocked down, you gotta get back up - Roger Alan Wade Last edited by RuSsMaN; 09-25-2002 at 09:42 PM..

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