[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 76, Issue 2

[Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott - a passive splitter (i.e., Y-cable or A-B-Y Box) won't halve  
the signal strength, it will halve the impedance that your mic sees.  
If you have a good strong dynamic mic (including controlled magnetic  
or controlled reluctance), or a low impedance mic, this shouldn't be a  
problem. If you prefer a crystal mic you will probably notice  loss of  
tone output/tone from the mic. In that case use an active splitter, or  
install a speaker-driven line-out in one of the amps and run that into  
the second amp.


/Greg

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> From: Scott Hicks <dscotthicks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: December 1, 2009 7:19:49 AM PST
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Splitting Signal to Multiple Amps
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> Mostly a lurker, I do have a question that I'm sure can be answered  
> by all the expertise here on the harp-l forum.  I have a couple of  
> amps (Silvertone 1482 and Supro 16T) that have distinctly different  
> tones.  If I were interested in running both simultaneously, is  
> there a signal splitting device that someone would recommend?  Also,  
> I seem to remember reading that a passive splitter will also halve  
> the signal strength, which would have obvious consequences.  Any  
> ideas?  Thanks!
>
> Scott