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Stereo Guy - Need advice on HT integration

I have a pretty good 2 channel setup around Avalon Time speakers driven by Joule Electra valve amplifiers.   Source is primarily vinyl from SME turntable and Apple lossless digital media from time to time.  I now want to add HT capability for those times to watch cable, or satellite feeds as well as from my Apple computer. I have passed my previous stereo preamp on so am looking for advice on how to tackle this problem.  I don’t to spend much on the HT side of things, maybe a Marantz receiver style of unit.  But  I don’t want to give up the Joule amps but want to keep the system simple.  Any ideas?
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bdgregory
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it's your preamp that needs HT passthrough, not the HT Processor. What the Passthrough does is take your front L/R outs from your HT pre/pro into your stereo preamp which sends it to your front (Joule) amp. If your preamp doesn't have passthrough you can use a spare input from your preamp for this purpose, but its less ideal.

Your notion of driving your Avalons with 2 different power amps and switching between them is the least ideal way of all IMHO.  
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