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Bi-amping with no pre-outs
09-30-04: Walkelin: "Maybe I'm missing something. If he wants to bi amp why not use a Y cable on the pre out to split the signal to the second amp."You missed: "but my receiver has no pre-amp outs." 
Two different brand amp in the same setup 5.1?
It may be more important to match the center and L/R than to match the center with the surrounds.Kal 
Bi-amping with no pre-outs
Not for this. He wants to bi-amp his NHTs and there's no way to get 2 stereo outs for the woofers (not the subwoofer) from a mono source.The only solution I can think of is to go to an auto/stereo shop and get a pair of speaker-to-line level adapt... 
Bi-amping with no pre-outs
You cannot split the mono out into stereo. 
Living Stereo SACD's are a comin
http://www.stereophile.com/news/081604mercury/index.html 
Good tube preamp w/ HT bypass
I thought I posted this yesterday but I'll try again:The SF Line series has dual paralleled outputs for SE and for BAL. How about feeding the HT L/R outs to one on the OUTS on the SF? As long as the HT pre/pro is off, it should not load the SF run... 
Living Stereo SACD's are a comin
FWIW, the first 9 Mercury Living Presence SACDs came in today. Cannot wait for the weekend.Kal 
Living Stereo SACD's are a comin
All the press releases and articles clearly state that they were made by direct transfer from the original master tapes. Kal 
Good tube preamp w/ HT bypass
SF came in gold or black. I have the latter.Kal 
Living Stereo SACD's are a comin
If they 'tax' your center channel, it was sub-par anyway. For music, you need a real speaker, not what is merely adequate for movies.Kal 
HYBRID SACD stereo or multichannel.
For the Nth time: ALL SACDs have a stereo track!!!!! 
The best test CD ?
The Rives CD is the easiest/simplest but the ETF software is better if you have a laptop. 
Problem with Perpetual P1-A.
The speaker correction is SPECIFIC for a particular speaker and it is unlikely that it is for yours. Given that, it is possible that (1) the correction is working correctly in trying to correct the unknown speaker but add that 'ping' incorrectly f... 
The best test CD ?
What do you want to test?Kal 
DVD-A vs. music or concert DVD in DTS
I find most videos boring, especially after the first viewing, but I can listen to good music over and over. So, I go for the DVD-A, if available, and the DVD-video, if not.Kal