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Integrated with A/B Speaker Switch

I'm helping a friend put together a home system which is a bit complicated - existing home system is a receiver going into a impedence correcting selector box that supplies built-in speakers throughout the house. New improved system is a pair of Soliloquy 5.3 speakers and needs better quality amplification than the whole-house system. The most elegant solution would be to find an integrated that can look into 4 ohms with an A/B speaker switch - the A would go directly to the Soliloquy's and the B would go to the receiver. Any good candidates?

Another option is to get a preamp with two amplifier outputs, and use it to control the amplifier section of the receiver as well as a seperate amplifier for the Soliloquy's. But I'm mostly asking about the first (A/B) option.

Thanks very much. Peter S.
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peter_s OP
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Price point is up to 1k. Thanks.
peter_s OP
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Hi Rwwear - I wouldn't go speaker level out to the receiver, just to the switch box that handles the whole house system on say the "B" side. But that being said, you are right about the tape out. I was thinking along those lines too - should have mentioned it as a third option. Another advantage is having seperate volume controls for the 2-ch and whole-house systems. However, it means keeping the receiver, or replacing it (it is clearly the nasty link in the whole system). Thanks for that suggestion.
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