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Denon 5800 as preamp in "pure direct" mode?

I am trying to upgrade the two channel audio performance of my home theater. I have purchased a two channel amp (McCormack DNA-2 DLX)to connect to the pre-outs of my Denon 5800 receiver's front left and right speakers (Paradigm Ref. Studio 100's). I am wondering if anyone has an opinion of the Denon as a two channel preamp in the "pure direct" mode? Is this severly degrading signal quality? Would I benefit greatly from adding a proper preamp with a home theater pass through to my system?
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I solved my Denon dilemna by selling my receiver to a friend and reverted to using my old Parasound PSP 1500 AV preamp. It is a much nicer sounding unit and has a straight wire stereo direct featrure; nice unit. It does not have a phono preamp but I keep an inexpensive Creek phono preamp around when I need it. The Parasound PSP 1500 used is a great buy and has a six channel DB25 input so it can be used with any external six channel processor.

Carl
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