HT Bypass on preamp


I'd like to ask if I'm reading this correctly. Can someone tell me on an Ayre or Pass Labs preamp when connecting a surround receiver through the HT Bypass input on the preamp, is the amp for the front channels receiving the signal from the preamp or the surround available receiver. In layman's terms is the sound coming from the preamp to the amp to the speakers or is the surround A/V receiver pushing the amp? This of course would matter for the preamp having much better sound than the A/V receiver. 
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The L/R preamp outs from the prepro go to the HT bypass input on the stereo preamp, so only the stereo pre is directly connected to the amp powering the front L/R speakers for both HT or 2-channel audio.  That's basically it. 

BTW, you don't necessarily need to limit yourself to stereo preamps with an HT bypass input.  Any unused line-level input will work, you just need to set a reference volume level on the stereo pre so it matches volume with your other HT channels (usually use 12:00 when setting channel balance to make it easy).  Anyway, hope this helps.