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Home theater and 2 channel setup from same speakers?

Is it possible to have a home theater mutli channel setup going to the same L/R speakers as a 2 channel system?  Some kind of A/B box? 

I currently have a home theater 5 channel setup.  I would like to add a tube based system and some new speakers.  The room I'm in could probably support both sets of L/R speakers but I was curious if I wanted to downsize speakers, is it possible to run a AVR and tube integrated amp without physically moving cables and such? 

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erik_squires
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Yep.  Usually the way to do it is to keep the speakers and amps the same, but switch preamps.

So you would run pre-out L and R from an AVR  or pure processor, to your 2 channel preamp/integrated which has a bypass input and switch.

Personally I do this with Anthem MRX 520 and Luxman 507.  Works fine except for all the remotes, which I am about to fix.  Hehehhe.

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