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Phono Stage with Two Line-outs
The quasi-balanced and unbalanced outputs of the M1 VINL are concurrently active.  They sound exactly the same and the output levels are identical, too.  I suppose if one were archiving their vinyl and listening at the same time this would be a ha... 
2 channel tube preamp for a HT receiver?
Edesilva, yes, you're right, the more direct path from pre-amp to amp, the cleaner and ostensibly higher-quality sound. What may be somewhat confusing is the external switch mentioned between the receiver's pre-amp outputs and the internal amplifi... 
2 channel tube preamp for a HT receiver?
With your current set-up and an additional pair of high quality interconnects, you can interface the tube pre-amp with your AVR 7000 using the using the front L/R channels of the 5.1 inputs reserved for external processors. You can do this using e...