I understand some German, but writing is difficult, hope you don't mind English on this board .

I recently built a TT Molly, works fine, sounds great. I built in an extra output, which serves as a preamp out (only the ef86 stage), which I slave into other poweramp(s). Now I used an extra speaker so far, to connect to the poweramp output of the TT Molly, in order not to blow up the transformer. I was wondering if it's possible just to take out the poweramp tube, when only using the preamp out, instead of connecting a load to the output. Theoretically I think it would work, since no current would flow in the primary of the output transformer. But I would like to be entirely sure.

Thanks

Hallo,

the powerstage is very important for the sound too so if you use the preamp only than you will loose some of the sound. A small load and an line-out "behind" the powerstage is highly recommended.

best regards, Dirk

Thank you, I know that I loose some of the sound when doing this, it's just cool to have the option of using a different poweramp on the ef86.