What do I need?


Hi,

I have an amp & preamp for my audio system. I need to use the amp for my home theater now. I know the audio preamp won’t give me the channels & AV functions. Do I need an additional AV preamp? Something else. I’m NOT changing my current amp & preamp.  Thank you.

tochsii

Showing 2 responses by sls883

What is your amp and preamp?  Does your preamp have a home theater pass-through?  A pass-through will take the front two channels from a surround processor and deliver it to your two channel amp without affecting the signal (the volume is controlled by the surround processor/receiver).  I do this by using a Onkyo receiver as a surround processor (my preamp has a home theater input).  The Onkyo also has amplifiers for the center and rears, but I'm sending those channels to separate amps.

@soix I'm doing that with the 2 rear channels for my home theatre. I Bluetooth the rear channels to a Denon integrated amp.  I know where to set the volume on the Denon.  It serves no other purpose other than driving the rear channels, so I just leave it there.  The Denon was sitting unused, so I used it. 

I know Bluetooth isn't ideal, but I bought a good Bluetooth receiver and transmitter with low latency. This worked better than running speaker wires from the front of the room to the back.  No place to hide wires.