Question splitting a signal

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If you come out of a preamp with a Y-cable. (Mono from the pre to a cable that splits and goes to two separate poweramps); Is any signal lost when it splits? It doesn’t seem so in my rig but I woke up pondering my signal path today.
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Same to you. I wouldn’t think so but depends on the pre as well as how long the cable is. Most stuff has built in buffers. Do I know what I’m talking about? Fuck no. I read that shit on here once so it has to be true.
 
I don’t have a problem, but I want to analyze this to death anyway, so someone with questionable expertise can make me doubt myself some more.
 
JackBootedThug said:
You should post a picture of the pre….?
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Steve; the one you are referring to is stereo out so no worry on that one. (Nothing to see here?)

The one I’m coming out of today is the Myasnikov X88 Single output. Short Y cable to 2 separate poweramps. Soldano and PS. I don’t feel like I’m losing anything BUT are the poweramps compensating for a loss? Idk
 

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It depends a lot on the impedance of what you're plugging it into. A basic Y cable won't stop one device from loading the others, and that can affect the quality of the signal and the sound. You could use a buffered splitter to isolate the loads, but if you're not hearing any loss with a passive splitter, then I wouldn't worry about it.
 
alund said:
Steve; the one you are referring to is stereo out so no worry on that one. (Nothing to see here?)

The one I’m coming out of today is the Myasnikov X88 Single output. Short Y cable to 2 separate poweramps. Soldano and PS. I don’t feel like I’m losing anything BUT are the poweramps compensating for a loss? Idk
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What unit is that above the PS?
 
MusicIsLife said:
It depends a lot on the impedance of what you're plugging it into. A basic Y cable won't stop one device from loading the others, and that can affect the quality of the signal and the sound. You could use a buffered splitter to isolate the loads, but if you're not hearing any loss with a passive splitter, then I wouldn't worry about it.
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This is interesting. I can use my split Lehle to do this and see if there is actually any difference.
 
You just have to experiment with the Y cable, maybe a few stereo pedals (Chorus, Tuner etc etc) and see if you hear any difference. I have a Y splitter but my old 80s DOD stereo chorus sounded better to me using it instead, in my WDW rack setup.
 
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