No you want have too unplug anything.Run the interconnects from the preouts on back of the receiver to the inputs of the mono blocks.Take your speaker cables off the receiver and plug one into each amp . Your main speakers will receive the same signal as the rest of the speakers when watching movies.You are good to go!Take a pair of ICs and come out of your dvd player analog outputs into the analog inputs on the back of the yamaha(preferable your left and right inputs for six channel music).This will take the soundfield processing of the yamaha out of the equation.This will give you the best 2 channel sound using the reciever as a preamp.
Which receivers have decent stereo performance?
I currently have Yamaha RX-V795 driving a pair of Soliloquy 6.3 which does not do them justice. I can't afford an amp/pre-amp for now. Are there any receivers out there, used for less than $1K, that do decent stereo job so I can watch both movies and music sharing the same pair of speakers?
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For my HT system I went with the NAD 751 (now 752) specifically because of the excellence of its EARS two-channel to 5.1 decoder/synthesizer. Really great ambient feel from two channel sources! I often listen to high-quality FM from my computer chair opposite end of room, well past the surrounds, and the 5.1 mix is FAR better than the squished stereo mode otherwise. For $500 it does yeoman's service in an all-round HT system, but it's tuner section isn't quite up to the level of its best ones of the early 90s Monitor Series, alas. Preamp section's quieter, though. But that EARS programmer gets my daily bravo! |
While not a receiver in the traditional sense (it's a streaming integrated amp, with no AM/FM radio) the Marantz PM 7000N has far better than average SQ, and with its conservatively rated 60/90 W/ch amp power, it is capable of driving most speakers, and certainly the 90dB 1W/1m Soliloquy 6.3s, to greater than normal listening levels. I have used the PM7000N in my 2nd system for over 3 years and am overall very pleased with it. At nearly 25lbs, it is a solid piece, both physically and acoustically. |
Outlaw Audio RR2160 new here If purchasing a used/vintage receiver, worn parts may need replacement meaning added costs and time. |
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