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Hey folks.
I'm turning my two channel audio room into my new projection based home theater. I want my 7.1 surround so I'll employ an AV receiver for movies, but I don't want to give up my tube preamp and tube monoblock (Conrad Johnson) amplification for music playback.
Can anyone suggest an AV receiver that would have a "passthrough" mode such that I can hook up my tube preamp and tube amps to power 2 channel music?
I know quite a number of receivers offer a "preamp out" option but as I understand it this still puts some of the receiver's circuitry in the path. I'm looking for as pure a path as possible when I switch over to using the tube preamp/tube amps for 2 channel music.
BTW, I don't want to simply incorporate my tube amplification for regular movie playback: I don't want my tube amps being used for HT and every time my kids watch a movie. I just want them on for listening to 2 channel music.
Any suggestions on this issue would be most helpful.
I'm turning my two channel audio room into my new projection based home theater. I want my 7.1 surround so I'll employ an AV receiver for movies, but I don't want to give up my tube preamp and tube monoblock (Conrad Johnson) amplification for music playback.
Can anyone suggest an AV receiver that would have a "passthrough" mode such that I can hook up my tube preamp and tube amps to power 2 channel music?
I know quite a number of receivers offer a "preamp out" option but as I understand it this still puts some of the receiver's circuitry in the path. I'm looking for as pure a path as possible when I switch over to using the tube preamp/tube amps for 2 channel music.
BTW, I don't want to simply incorporate my tube amplification for regular movie playback: I don't want my tube amps being used for HT and every time my kids watch a movie. I just want them on for listening to 2 channel music.
Any suggestions on this issue would be most helpful.