The sunfire is a very good two channel pre (I have one) so it could be that it does sound better. As Foreverhifi say, you need to run your cdp analog outs to your LS-16 and leave the sunfire out of the picture to compare between the two. If the sunfire still sounds more to your taste then get rid of the AR-16 and if not then keep it. The bypass in the AR-16 is for movies so that you can pass your pre/pro signal and still use outboard two channel pre for music.
Should I take out my AR-16 tube pre amp from HT?
Confirm or clarify for me whether my stereo preamp connected between my Sunfire Theater Grand III pre/proc and Odyssey HT 3 channel amp is doing anything for my sound. Currently, all my sources (DVD, CD, VCR, TV, Cable, Sat, etc...) are connected to the Sunfire and I use my stereo preamp exclusively in "pass through" mode. Before I got the Sunfire, I had my CD player connected to the preamp but not anymore. I began with a stereo/music set up and expanded into home theater. I hated giving up the preamp so I integrated it into the HT set up but I'm wondering if I even need it now.
I connected my cd player through the preamp last night to compare the sound between using the preamp or going through the Sunfire with the preamp on "pass through" and preferred the latter. Have I rendered my preamp useless in this configuration?
I was never sure if my preamp had any effect on my sound when I engaged the "pass through" feature. Can you help me clarify once and for all this question?
I connected my cd player through the preamp last night to compare the sound between using the preamp or going through the Sunfire with the preamp on "pass through" and preferred the latter. Have I rendered my preamp useless in this configuration?
I was never sure if my preamp had any effect on my sound when I engaged the "pass through" feature. Can you help me clarify once and for all this question?