hooking up my cdp directly to amp?

very sorry for the dumb question i shoulda tried it before posting. thanx Kevin

Well u guys are all right. i hooked up the cdp to the amp and then to the speakers. It was super loud, not any loder than ive played the system before but loud enough. I dont have a volume control on the amp. So i basically hooked everything back up normally. This is how i have it.
Cdp hooked to cd input on reciever, preout on the reciever(pioneer) to the amp and then the speakers. lmk what u think. kevin

I am running it like the number 2 that you described. Thanx for the replies i am very much a newbie at hi fi stuff. I am using the pionner elite as basically a pre amp. I use the preamp outputs of the reciever to the amp then the speakers. the cdp is hooked to the cd in on the reciever. I had no volume control when i had the cdp to the amp. Didnt sound that good anyway. Should i get a good pre amp and bypass the pionner reciever. Im thinking that would be a better way to go. Is my reciever holding back my soundstage? Its a pionner elite vsx39 tx reciever. Probably good in its day but its pretty old now. lmk thanx alot for the replies im learning everyday. Kevin

sorry for the double reply this 4-8 hrs to get the post up is throwing me off. Ive never seen a site that was more than 30sec to post... sorry Kevin