Audiophile pre-amps with home theater pass through

Audio Reserch SP16 All tube too!

Proceed PRE is a good ss preamp w/ pass through and is selling very cheap used now since Proceed is being incorporayed into the Levinson line.

Can someone elaborate on what the unity gain feature of the BAT pre's is/does and how it relates to integrating a home theatre system into a two channel hi end system?

thanks

To answer Scotty above, on my BAT VK-30SE you can set the relative level of any of the inputs wherever you want it and then assign that input as a "Fixed" input. No matter what you do with the BAT volume control the level of the fixed input doesn't change. Rather, volume is controled via your Pre-pro of choice.

In my setup that means I set all my home theater levels at my Accurus ACT 3. Center, surrounds and LFE go directly out to amps feeding speakers for those locations. L & R front channels are fed from the ACT 3 to my BAT, and it in turn feeds the 2 channel amps.

Voila! Home theater through the 2 channel setup, all the while maintaining the integrity of the 2 channel setup for serious music.