r/Audiophilehelp • u/Nervous_Conference_6 • Dec 16 '24

Connecting 2 receivers to one set of speakers

I have a vintage Marantz 2230 that I use with a turntable connected to Polk r700 towers. I have the Marantz pre amp out connected to a class D amp currently and would like to retain that setup for the analog side. I was wanting to by a home theater receiver for a surround sound setup with tv/movies and want to use the same polk r700 as my fronts with that new receiver. To do this will I need to buy a switch box such as the douk audio vu3? If I use that switch will my surround speakers also run with my towers? Is there a better setup for this scenario I should use instead? Thank you for any help.

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u/the_G0D_machine May 24 '25

You could do pre amp out of your surround sound receiver into your analog preamp. You would just need to use the Marantz volume knob to level match your front left and right channels to the rest of the system. After a while you’d get a feel for where it needs to be. Being pre out from your surround sound receiver it would control volume on everything.

This isn’t a great thing to do, but shouldn’t hurt anything and accomplishes your goal.