Ideally I would love to use an all GSP system and the Majestic as a pre amp, but here is where I run into some difficulties due to the required connections of my system.

I have 2 turntables, one run through an Accession M and the other through a Reflex M. 

I also have a CD transport and external DAC. No problem there as I could use the Majestic as the DAC and preamp.

However I also on occasions use headphones and need to connect a headphone amp (looking longer term at the Solo ULDE), which would be connected from the pre-out. But I also have 2 x subwoofers connected in my system, which I currently also run from a pre-out.

So my problem here is that the Majestic only has one analogue line in and one line out; whereas for my system as I currently have it I would need 2 of each. 

So my questions are, is there anyway of using a Majestic with my set up as it is? 

Or if I look at other preamps, how will they work with the dual Proprius amps? 

Should I be looking at active or passive preamps etc? 

What other sort of things should I consider?

At this stage I am researching, and I have the opportunity to trial things through the loaner program as I did with the GSP Phono stages, but I need to understand how the system might all go together.

Appreciate your thoughts and insights.

Cheers

Derek

...which you could use to extend your inputs.

 I'm working on the rest.

Thanks, that makes sense. 

From your description you obviously run your turntables to the switch and then from switch box to Accession. Do you find the box adds any noise with small cartridge signal or the extra RCA cable length etc. affects anything? 

I could run both of my phono stages to a switch box, but doing it your way mans I can remove a box (and even sell on the Reflex to offset costs)

Thanks Graham, it will be interesting to see if there is a work around.

I use Proprious Mono's and had harassed Graham on a Passive Pre Amp and mine is ready with a Good Potentiometer in a  Box .....The Proprius is parked as advised on literature and my DAC electronic Pre amp is good but temperamental and 46 clicks resistors in a box add to noise but in ' shunt' design barely noticeable provided low K.

Electronic Pre amp with CD' output of 2.8 V cause me to opt for a separate passive.

OK thanks, I was thinking about total capacitance between cartridge and phono stage. I have a few cartridges and the ATVM95ML for example reccomends a total capacitance of 100-200pF. I was just wondering what the extra circuitry of the switch and additional RCA cable might add and if that would ause an issue.

Does the QED box work OK? I have seen them here in Australia as well, and it might be easier than trying to source a box from Germany.

A switch box certainly looks viable for connecting the 2 turntables, but I am also wondering about the pre outs. I could use a splitter cable, but my (limited) understanding is that will halve the output to each side, and I don't know what that would do for a headphone amp or the active subwoofers.

What can happen, in theory, is that if either the headamp has a low impedence input (it doesn't) or the subs have low impedence inputs (they won't) and the pre-amp cannot deal with low impedence loads (it can), then the output voltage of the pre-amp can be dragged down by the higher current draw of two sinks rather than one.

More an issue for sensitive valve gear, not this proposed arrangement of well-designed solid state.

Thanks, as stated I have very little understanding of this.

I might actually get some splitter cables and try it out with my current amp, if there is no problem then I know it will work OK with Graham's products.