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Quality pre amps with home theater by-pass

Was looking at the pass XP-30 and was surprised (and delighted) to see they have included what looks like a "thoughtful" HT bypass on what is their top tier preamp (save the XS).

Wanted to see if folks are aware of other similar quality pre amps with the HT bypass function.
dangelod
soix
9,677 posts
 
I think VAC includes HT bypass in at least some of its preamps if not all. I'm sure you know this, but it's very easy to establish a reference volume level with a pre that doesn't have a bypass (I just set mine at 12:00 to make it easy). Would open up a lot more options for you. Just a thought, and best of luck.
rleff
1,065 posts
 
I think Allnic now offers home theater bypass.
gundam91
506 posts
 
I used to set up like this with my ARC pre. But thought it was a waste of premium Amperex 6922 white label PQs for watching movies, so I completely separated the two systems.

FrankC
bgpowell
70 posts
 
I have a Parasound JC-2 BP. You can configure any of it's 6 inputs as a home theater bypass (or more than one). That also includes the XLR inputs. This is only on the BP (bypass) version and is $500 option.
Ben
mcbuddah
93 posts
 
My Wyred4Sound STP-SE has a a pretty nice implementation of this feature. It allows you to choose from any of the regular inputs to assign as the HT input, using a simple set-up procedure. While I have separate HT and stereo systems, this feature lets me use the preamp to switch from CD to phono input to drive a headphone amp directly from the source at line level. I have the headphone amp connected to an unused RCA output on the STP. You must also remember to turn the speaker amps off first!. I don't have to swap the input cables to the headphone amp.
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