Confusion!!

[Stella C]

Hi!! I was wondering, with all this integrated amp, pre-amp, receiver, power amp stuff, how does it all go together??? How do I connect all these with the speakers???

btw, anyone heard of Icepower??

 

[markw]

You don't.

A preamp connects to the power amp, and the speakers connect to the power amp.

An integrated amp is a preamp and a power amp in one box.

A receiver is a tuner and an integrated amp, all in one box.

Wasn't this just explained to you recently in another thread?

 

[mtrycrafts]

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btw, anyone heard of Icepower??

ICEpower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Google is so wonderful.

 

[Stella C]

Yeah, i know what they are now, but I was asking bout how to put it all together =)

 

[timoteo]

You need RCA cables to connect the Pre-Amp to the Power Amp. Use the Pre-Outs on the Pre-Amp. Then connect speaker wire from the Power Amp to each speaker. Pretty simple!!

 

[Stella C]

so tuners, cd players, etc, go into preamp?

 

[GranteedEV]

so tuners, cd players, etc, go into preamp?

Tuner
CDPlayer
Turntable
Cable Box
PS3
etc

all go into preamp, receiver, integrated amp, or processor. use RCA interconnects.

Receiver, Preamp or Processor goes into Amp. use RCA interconnects or XLR interconnects. I like XLRs because of how they lock into place but only if your equipment accepts them. Balanced connections do require more voltage.

Amp, receiver, integrated amp goes into speakers. use speaker wire or speakon connectors.

Speakers go into room.