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In Reply to: RE: that's a good thought posted by mbnx01 on August 18, 2014 at 13:10:04
hadn't checked recently and you're right. a couple of years ago everyone had six channels outs.....But honesty, for HT, I would rather run a receivers and leave my stereo separate. I like switching convenience, the rear channels are of negligible needs except for special effects, and the key is the front two channels. I do not run a center channel, as I get very good imaging even without it.
of course YMMV
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My installer used my old system (Roksan integrated Kandy III) to run my old sources such as TT and cassette, all feeding off it's pre amp out to one of the Aux in my Denon AVR.
The Denon supplies the power to LF, RF, LR and RR, with a wall speaker center. When I am listening to music, switch to 2 ch. Works well but not perfectly. Denon has sub in coax.
Am I doing this wrong?
Not sure why he has those sources going into the Roksan opposed directly into the Denon. The Roksan preamp section may be some better but going into the AUX it still goes through the Denon preamp. So I'd take the Roksan out of the loop to simplify things.
To the original question the Marantz 7701 is a good performer at a good price. Preamps are not just chips, any one who thinks a receiver is as good as a dedicated preamp, even for HT, must still hold to all CDP's sound the same. A HT preamp still benefits from better analog circuits and dedicated power supply amongst other places of upgrade. Just as lower distortion and noise, better definition, better frequency response etc. benefits music it also can HT, if you care to go that far. A quality HT preamp can provide better steering of sound effects, dynamics and transients to movie soundtracks, to name a few benefits, clearer dialog. I've had A/V processors from Arcam, Primare and Marantz, I've never regret spending the extra money nor have I ever thought a receiver was just as good, just not so. However, I do understand the limits of a person's budget and priorities. Then there's also the consideration of how much to invest in a piece that will surely be outdated in some way down the road. Some really expensive preamps have platforms that can be upgraded with firmware or even actual boards when features become available but unfortunately I don't know of any in the $1500 price or even double.
probably was trying to get phono amp in circuit.
I have other preamps also. Eventually, will upgrade. This works for now, but I did not have energy to play around when he set it up.
Yes pre-out of the AVR into your stereo amp for front speakers use receiver just for centre & rear speakers
Edits: 08/20/14
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