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Seeking AV preamp for Emotiva XPR-5

Dudes:

I'm crestfallen. I bought the Onkyo TX-NR515 only to discover through this forum that I can't connect it to my Emotiva XPR-5 power amp because it doesn't have any pre-outs.

I've spent thousands and I still haven't heard the system! When I tell my wife this is absolutely essential equipment and much more important than the car or the bills - she doesn't understand :) so I have to get this right.

Can anyone recommend a preamp or receiver with preouts that will connect to my power amp? I'm sure I'll be happy with anything that has at least 3 HDMI inputs and can read MP3s from flash memory or a USB hard drive.

My speakers are all 4 ohm Magnaplanars:

MG 1.6 Front
MG CC2 Center
MG MC1 Rear

Her understanding is at a very low ebb right now so my budget is down to about $600.

Thanks - rev

revnice

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revnice OP
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I think I've answered my own question:

Onkyo TX-NR717 or higher model has the necessary pre-outs. So does my Rotel 1065 but that model doesn't support anything digital.

Thanks - rev
revnice OP
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Yakbob:
I bought the NR515 at less than a lot of places are selling it for so I'm going to try for the $300 I paid. It's absolutely brand new, never had a current through it.

RW:
The UMC-1 looks fine but when I talked to the sales dude at Emotiva and he said they had nothing compatible. I've asked him why but not had a response yet. Maybe he just wanted to plug the upcoming new one, but it's out of my range.
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