I've been working on getting my stereo setups running. In the past, I had the Sansui pushing two sets of speakers, the pre out going to the Marantz that was pushing two sets of speakers and the tape out going to the Pioneer to push a 4 ohm set of speakers. The Sansui was the "master" in that setup- the volume and EQ changes I made on the Sansui directly transferred to the Marantz.

Right now I'm using the Marantz to push the front 2 sets of speakers and I have the tape out going to the Pioneer pushing one set of speakers- I have another set on there, but because one set is 4 ohm, I'm playing it safe and only using one at a time. I suppose I could hook up another set, but the Pioneer is only 50wpc. (keep in mind that's early 1970s 50w- it's really rich sounding and it can get really loud for 50w.) The bummer is that the Sansui isn't getting used. IMO, the Marantz sounds GREAT pushing the Marantz Imperial 6 and the Rectilinear III highboys. (I reversed how they were stacked- I put the Highboys on top of the Marantz' so they're more at ear level.)

I'm trying to figure out why it worked so much easier in the Sansui- and I think it's because the Sansui has a "pre-out." I have a turntable, cassette deck and EQ, CD player and an iPod. As it sits, I can't get all the devices to hook up on the Marantz AND send a signal to the Pioneer. I suppose I could get some sort of Y cables to run two devices to the AUX in.