Not a good idea without damaging something. A better move would be to purchase one of the available high quality two channel preamps with a HT pass through. Look at BAT preamps, Muse 3 sig, and at a lower price point, Adcom GFP750. There are others which you could find by doing a search on this site, or by asking. That way, you can run your front speakers from the Plinius, and the ctr and surrounds from you HT receiver. By using a preamp with a pass through (or unity gain), the HT receiver still controls the volume for everything when using HT. Good luck.
Need Help with Technical Question
Hi everyone. I need help with a technical question, and I'm hoping the collective genius of this group can help me out.
We are downsizing our living quarters, and moving from a house to an apartment. This means I can no longer have the home theater system in one room, and the stereo system in another room.
What I'd like to do is have my home theater receiver and my Plinius 8200 MkII integrated amp both connected to my main speakers (Snell B Minor). Since the Snell speakers are equipped for bi-wiring, I can have the home theater receiver connected to one pair of speaker terminals, and have the Plinius connected to the other pair of speaker terminals. I would use the Snells' jumper strips connecting the two pair of speaker terminals.
I turn off the home theater receiver when it's not in use, but I leave the Plinius on all the time. Is it possible that I will damage the Plinius by having it on, and connected to the speakers, when the home theater receiver is on and powering the speakers?
Thanks, everyone, for your advice.
Paul Frumkin
We are downsizing our living quarters, and moving from a house to an apartment. This means I can no longer have the home theater system in one room, and the stereo system in another room.
What I'd like to do is have my home theater receiver and my Plinius 8200 MkII integrated amp both connected to my main speakers (Snell B Minor). Since the Snell speakers are equipped for bi-wiring, I can have the home theater receiver connected to one pair of speaker terminals, and have the Plinius connected to the other pair of speaker terminals. I would use the Snells' jumper strips connecting the two pair of speaker terminals.
I turn off the home theater receiver when it's not in use, but I leave the Plinius on all the time. Is it possible that I will damage the Plinius by having it on, and connected to the speakers, when the home theater receiver is on and powering the speakers?
Thanks, everyone, for your advice.
Paul Frumkin