I've been considering the possibility of a stereo preamp (or integrated) with HT bypass. It occurs to me, though, that I'm not entirely clear on what the value of this option is.
Suppose, for example, that I want to
(1) hook up a stereo integrated amp to my two main speakers;
(2) run the preamp outs from my AV receiver to the integrated amp for the main speaker channels (with the other three channels powered by the AV receiver).
(3) connect the analog outs from my CD player to the analog ins on the integrated amp.
(4) connect my BD/DVD player via HDMI to my AV receiver.
This doesn't seem to require HT bypass. Is this there something I'm missing here, or is the bypass feature useful only if you need to use a single player for both video and music?
I realize this may well fall into the category of dumb questions, so thanks in advance for any help!
Suppose, for example, that I want to
(1) hook up a stereo integrated amp to my two main speakers;
(2) run the preamp outs from my AV receiver to the integrated amp for the main speaker channels (with the other three channels powered by the AV receiver).
(3) connect the analog outs from my CD player to the analog ins on the integrated amp.
(4) connect my BD/DVD player via HDMI to my AV receiver.
This doesn't seem to require HT bypass. Is this there something I'm missing here, or is the bypass feature useful only if you need to use a single player for both video and music?
I realize this may well fall into the category of dumb questions, so thanks in advance for any help!