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I run George L cables, pot pedal, Black Box, Sarno Classic preamp. I would like to try running 2 15”, 4 ohm speakers, each speaker with a Ganz Straight Ahead power amp (no stereo). What is the best device to use to split the output from the preamp? Just a regular “Y”? The ones I have are kinda cheap looking. Or maybe build a metal project box with 3 , 1/4” female jacks? Is there some kinda of proper device made that I could buy to do this?

Thanks George. That’s how I thought it was. I guess my concern is that the standard Y cable you get from the internet music stores or say Radio Shack, don’t appear to be very high quality. I didn’t know if I would be loosing something thru them & if there was a better quality one I could get. Or do you think it’s just a case of either they work or they don’t?

Danny,
I've never used it but ran across this recently when looking at how to split a single monitor mix to multiple powered monitors

https://www.zzounds.com/item--GXYJIBS?s ... mPEALw_wcB

Andy

Andy that looks interesting. How
did you you end up doing it?

A "Y" cable will work, but it might not stand up to abuse and then it will fail at the worst time. A box is more bulky but much more rugged -- you can make one yourself as you state.

Do you think just little wire like in a
Goodrich pot pedal would be ok to connect the jacks together?

I found that I already had a solid splitter from Radio Shack that had never been out of the bubble pack. Tried the system on a gig last night and except for the added setup, teardown, hauling work, it ready was pretty nice.

I'd recommend using a Radial Big Shot AB/Y pedal.I've used them for years on dual guitar amp setups and they have always been rock solid. It has a iso transformer on the B out out to help eliminate hum from transformer mismatches and is passive so no concerns about batteries or powering the unit.

I was really 'lucky' when setting up a couple of Roland Cube 60 units for a similar end-use...I just ran a (normal mono guitar) cable from the 'Tuner Out' jack on the back of Cube #1 to the Input Jack of Cube #2....works perfectly !

Had to *&%$ around a bit to build some double-pole footswitches to control both Cubes simultaneously, but that worked well too...

Cheers,
Peter

Ron Forrest - I'd recommend using a Radial Big Shot AB/Y pedal.I've used them for years on dual guitar amp setups and they have always been rock solid. It has a iso transformer on the B out out to help eliminate hum from transformer mismatches and is passive so no concerns about batteries or powering the unit.

Another vote for the Radial BigShot AB/Y - I used one this past weekend for an outdoor gig driving 2 Fender amps. Worked great and didn't have any hum. Very solid construction.

Sorry, Danny. Didn't see you ask how I did it. I still haven't yet, so I don't have a working solution, yet.

Andy