I have a homemade tube power amp (built by a friend) that is connected to some older JBL monitors and have thus far been using a DJ mixer as my preamp. I wanted to not use a DJ mixer and just have a home stereo type preamp for simple volume control, bass/treble etc.
However, as I started looking at options on auctions (in Japan actually) it seems that most units only have outs for speaker wire. I found a few that had an RCA out labeled "Pre Out" sometimes right next to one labeled "Main In" Is this PreOut what I would use to go to my power amp? If not, what type of preamp should I be looking for that has outs other than speaker outs?? I had kinda assumed that most would have separate outs (other than for speaker hookup)..what am I missing here?
I have a homemade tube power amp (built by a friend) that is connected to some older JBL monitors and have thus far been using a DJ mixer as my preamp. I wanted to not use a DJ mixer and just have a home stereo type preamp for simple volume control, bass/treble etc.
However, as I started looking at options on auctions (in Japan actually) it seems that most units only have outs for speaker wire. I found a few that had an RCA out labeled "Pre Out" sometimes right next to one labeled "Main In" Is this PreOut what I would use to go to my power amp? If not, what type of preamp should I be looking for that has outs other than speaker outs?? I had kinda assumed that most would have separate outs (other than for speaker hookup)..what am I missing here?