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Getting 5.1 from Pro Logic Pre-Amp

How do. Long time lurker. Anyway, I have a Carver CT-28V pre-amp and a Carver AV405 5 channel amp, and I have been real pleased with this set-up for some time. Primarily used as stereo music source. Now that I am getting into HT, I would like to use this setup for my theater. My question is, to take advantage of Dolby Digital, is it possible to use a DD decoder, external, like the Adcom GDD-1, or the Marantz DVP(?)-870 to process the signal? If this is possible, does it work well? Are there other options? I know this may seem like a retarded question, but I've had my system longer than my wife and kid, and would really like it to stay around.

Thanks for the help.
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Dave

Thanks for the info. As far as the first item goes, I checked my DVD player (Mitsu DD-8020), and it does have the on board decoder (holy crap, something current in my system??!!). Alas, however, I checked the back panel of my CT-28V to find only stereo inputs. So, I'm guessing that outside of direct wiring the DVD straight up to the backside of the amp, and running the subwoofer (.1 channel) out of the DVD and straight into the sub, I'm SOL with the simple road (assuming nothing fried when attempting this, seems kind of brute force anyway).

I will look into the Vantas stuff, but I am curious to hear your thoughts regarding the Marantz unit (which I believe is listed in the Audiogon classifieds) or the Adcom unit.

Thanks again for your quick response, I do very much appreciate it.

Joe
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