Should I sell Classe CP60 and get a phono stage ?

Macdadtexas.
I can answer your question. The CP60 has a surround sound bypass feature. In the back of the preamp there are surround sound inputs and outputs. What I plan to do is run my 2 channel CD player and the turntable into the CP60. The preamp inputs of the CP60 are connected to the FL/FR power amps. Next my home theater stuff in connected to my AVM20. The center and surrounds from the AVM20 go directly into the appropriate power amps. I run the FL/FR outputs from the AVM20 into the Classe surround sound inputs. Now all I have to do is switch the Classe to surround sound and the mains just pass right through the Classe and into the power amp. Even the volume controls are defeated.

Additionally the CP60 has surround sound outputs, I haven't used this feature but I assume I could run them into an aux imput in the AVM20 and then I could use the AVM20 to process my CD player and Turntable.
Ken

Ken is correct about how to run the FR & FL outputs from the SSP/receiver into the L/R input jacks of his two channel preamp.

Ken, I am wondering though, why you would want your SSP to process your cd player and turntable? It would seem to me that this would only serve to degrade the signal.
I used the CP-60's SSP input regularly, it was an easy fix for combining a HT system with a stereo system. I never used the SSP output, nor did I ever think of a reason that I would have wanted to use it.

John

John as I wrote I haven't used the feature to process my cd player or my turntable. I suppose that one may want to try one of the surround dsp modes just for fun.
Ken

Thanks, I bought a pre-amp, and plan on running it through the tape loop for movies and surround. I think that I am going to connect my sub via both speaker and LFE input as well. Once again, thanks for everyones help.