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Need a little help

Hello everyone. Somewhat new to this hobby and need a little advice. My current setup is a 2.1 channel setup consisting of a Pioneer sclx-904 av receiver that I'm using as a preamp, 2 identical Anthem power amps that are feeding a pair of B&W bookshelf speakers (they are biamped). My question is this; I recently acquired an Nad preamp. Can this NAD be integrated into my existing system somehow?  What would I be gaining? I read that an external preamp can be hooked up to an av receiver, how would I do that?? Also the NAD only has one set of preout's, and does not have a dedicated sub out, I still want to use both Anthem amps and my Klipsch subwoofer, but how do I achieve this with only one set of preouts( left/ right) on the NAD?? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

spoonman16510

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dlevi67
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Let me try to recap (!), saying some things that so far have perhaps been taken too much for granted:

1. The NAD is a much better piece of equipment than the Pioneer. Unless you need/want the tuner section of the Pioneer as a source or as a part of your AV system, there is no point in keeping it in the system, especially not as a preamp.

2. You need three sets of line-level ("pre-out") outputs to feed your twin amps and sub. A 1 --> 3 way splitter will do that without major issues.

3. Cable the splitter into your single pre-out from the NAD, connect one splitter output to one of the Anthems, another to the other Anthem and the third to the subwoofer and you are done.

4. Sell/donate/store/burn the Pioneer, unless you need a radio.

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