Bi-amping with no pre-outs


I would like to add an amp to push the woofers in my NHT 2.4�s, but my receiver has no pre-amp outs. What it does have however is a single sub out, which I use for its intended purpose and would like to know if it is possible to split the signal for bi-amping purposes? Possibly to an Adcom GFA...
dcconners

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Your receiver has a signal like a preamp output, which is the input to its power amp. For someone with electronic repair skills, it would probably be a minor job to bring this signal out on a pair of rca jacks, and to provide rca jacks for the signal going in to the power amp. If you were not biamping, you would simply use a short jumper between the output and the input, and many recievers have been built with this configuration. The signal may have a relatively high impedance (because it is not intended to drive a lot of wire) but if you use an electronic crossover close to the receiver it will work fine.
Marakanetz...I don't know what you mean by the power amp being "disconnected". Of course it is until you feed a signal back in.

Dcconners...If you just want a full range signal to feed into a subwoofer amp that has its own low pass filter, a tap of the signal (without disconnecting it from the power amp) would be even easier that what I suggested. However, this would leave the receiver's power amp, and associated speakers, running full range, which doesn't really gain the full benefit of biamping. Also, most subwoofer "plate" amps have provision to input a speaker level signal. If you went that way no changes would be needed to the receiver.