On January 19, 2014 at 04:23, Tom Ciaramitaro said...
A bit hard to follow, but...
If you use a phono preamp and send it to two different devices, one should NOT be going to a phono input. That stacks two phono preamps in a row, and you will get increased background noise and gross distortion at moderate to high input levels.
If the signal comes from a phono preamp, NEITHER of the inputs should go to a phono input.