Mixing Tenor hybrid with SS multichannel for HT ?

that is exactly the way i'll be going. although my new room is no-compromise 2-channel......i did set it up for multichannel and anticipate using ss of some sort ( maybe Dartzeel or Rowland) for my rear channels. i have 2" conduit buried in my concrete floor from my gear to the rear corners, the front side, for a subwoofer, and the front center (in case i do elect to have a center speaker).

i do plan on a 'Phantom' center as i believe that (at least for multi-channel music) my 2 Exquisites will outperform ANY center channel. for film a center channel has it's advantages; but i have a separate HT room so that isn't an issue for me.

i expect that the Tenor Hybrids will 'work' fine with any reasonably natural sounding ss amp for the rear channels.

The only issue to address when using multiple amps is volume control for all the speakers. Optimally, you would like to use one volume control when listening to HT so that the volume is appropriate for all of the speakers. Unless the amps support dual preamp inputs, or you utilze the HT preamap as the 2 channel preamp, you might have to create some kind of passive connection from the two preamps to a single amp. I personally would prefer creating the passive connection as I have not seen a multi-channel preamp outperform my current 2 channel preamp. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the responses so far ...

I should add (stupid as it may sound), that for now I will be putting in a DLP front projector and retractable screen in the room and running the movie sound track as 2 channel (I am not into adventure movies, as much as artsie films). Like Mike I will be pre-wiring the room with in-wall speaker wire for possible future 7.1.

Stenersr you're right, I don't want to compromise on the 2 channel preamp section. So, down the road, I would envision buying either an affordable separate pre/pro and multichannel amp vs. a high-end A/V receiver and use either the separate pre/pro or the the pre/pro section of the receiver to control the volume for all 7 channels. That is, I would run the front L and R channel through the music 2-channel pre-amp's HT passthrough input, so that all the volume control would be from the pre/pro.

My concern now is going to be a problem if my kids want to watch a film NOW, would it be OK to start playing the soundtrack for the film through the Tenor hybrid amp with it virtually cold, rather waiting for its usual warm-up. You know, kids aren't going to wait 20 minutes to watch a film. Is this going to stress the tubes/amp ? (sorry for the stupid question ???)