In Reply to: Do affordable multichannel preamps exist any more? posted by dan_e10 on April 1, 2016 at 12:50:56:
If I get this correctly, the Oppo would continue to be your Mch player and processor, though we understand it would be limited in functionality. If you were to get a new or used stereo preamp with HT Bypass, you could route the Oppo L & R front channels via the preamp, bypassing the preamp volume control for Mch in HT Bypass mode.For stereo, you would switch the preamp to phono, say, and it would play in stereo via the same L & R channel amps and speakers. Other stereo sources could also be connected to the preamp. The Oppo just becomes another stereo input for its L & R channels to the preamp, used in the preamp HT Bypass mode.
The main thing you would likely be missing is any subwoofer in stereo mode, since the Oppo has bass management and the stereo preamp does not.
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- RE: Do affordable multichannel preamps exist any more? - Fitzcaraldo215 14:32:57 04/04/16 (1)
- I second your suggestion.... - ABliss 19:13:29 04/08/16 (0)