Hello! First of all, I'm not very used with english so, perhaps you'll find some errors in my post, I'll do my best to make you understand what I'm asking here!
I'm in the process of building an audio amplifier. It'll be a huge stereo amplifier capable of delivering 500w RMS 8R, 800w RMS 4R and 1200w RMS 2R.
My setup will have a preamplifier with asynchronous usb DAC, that will receive all music from my computer and will output it for my amplifier that, will amplify the signal and send for my speakers. My preamplifier has a volume knob that controls the signal that's sent for my amplifier.
Since I spent quite a bit of money buying my preamplifier and lots of money to build my stereo amplifier (I'm not a millionaire or something like that, I earn 500USD/month), I'll have to wait sometime to build my speakers. With everything I said in mind, my speakers are some cheap Philips that work with 26w RMS 6R and I won't be able to replace them for at least 8 months.
Will the preamplifier volume control be enough to make my amplifier don't burn my cheap Philips' speakers? Or I would better install a volume knob in my amplifier? Just to clarify, my preamp is an Oppo HA-1.
Any help will be very appreciated.
Thanks for your help and I'm really sorry for bad english.
Peace,
Eduardo Barth.