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A cunundrum of sorts... any ideas?

I have Tannoy HPD 385's (15") and I am building our forever home, and would like to utilize them in a 5.1 home theatre set-up BUT I want to use them, and only them through my Analog set-up, which will be either a Bryston 4B or a Quad both vintage through my Macintosh MX-117 vintage Pre-amp tuner.
I would like to have rear speakers and a centre speaker through a 5.1 system that has a really good DAC so I can send my signal to the Bryston or Quad, or utilize my existing DAC.
I don't want to have to spend 4 grand on new 9.1 system just to get a good centre speaker and rear speakers.
I would like to find a great older hi end 5.1 system to power the center and rears and yet be able to use my existing analog stuff so I can still play music through the Tannoys when i feel like it.
Any ideas?

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I bought a used Arcam AV 9 pre-pro that I use for multi-channel and home theater, and I have a nice Herron two channel line stage that I use for analog and two channel digital. It all works great together for me and sounds fine too.

I've been using my system this way for many years in this configuration, but these are the best components I've used in this configuration, and I couldn't be happier.

Best of luck, Happy Thanksgiving,

Dan

 

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