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I have a DAC which has a tube output and a transistor output. I like the sound of the tube output more for voices, acoustic guitars and subtle or classical music that rely for the most part on the midrange. But i like the transistor output more for the dynamic ability and energy in the outer frequencies with pop/rock. The differences are very subtle though but still they are.

Would it be mad to use an RCA  2-way splitter for both outputs on the DAC to a 1-way RCA to the line input on the amp? This way both outputs outputs on the DAC should go to the source i listen to on the amp. Would this technically be ok to do? Would that bring the best of both worlds?

So if this is possible, one can actually run 2 DAC's at the same time if this person happens to have 2 but can't decide what sound of which DAC he prefers?

Unless you have some form of switching on the two-into-one connection at the amp end, you risk damaging one or both of the output stages

Andrew Everard:

Unless you have some form of switching on the two-into-one connection at the amp end, you risk damaging one or both of the output stages

I allready have both outputs on the DAC connected to the amp, the tube output on line input 1 on the amp and the transistor output to line input 2 on the amp. So i can switch between tube and transistor sound on my amp.

I want to connect both outputs on the DAC to 1 line input on the amp, so the sound of both these outputs deliver their sound at the same time. I might like the sound more that way but if this is at risk of damaging the DAC outputs, then off course i wouldn't try this. Why would the DAC take damage from doing this if i may ask?