I have a Krell kav-400xi integrated amp that has a "home theater throughput" mode. This mode basically bypasses the preamp section and allows usage as a 2-channel power amp.
Are there any cheap(ish) home theater processor with a 3-channel amp? I am just thinking of adding small satellite speakers for the center and back channels, so I don't need anything particularily powerful.
As Theo and Loomis said, look at receivers. Personally I like the Onkyos. Use the processor functions of the receiver and use 3 channels of amplification from the receiver. I set up a similar setup of several different occasions with good results.
It seems the cheapest Marantz receiver (NR1501) doesn't have pre-out. What other cheap options are there that have pre-out?
Also, it seems most receivers are 7-channel, which seems wasteful since I will only use 3 of the channels. Is it common to have bridge a bridge mode, so that two or more channels can be combined?
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