Dumb question HT bypass

vinylshadow. 

Sounds good for you. Good luck on your quest.
I have one fine DAC and it's for stereo only.

Thanks. Since I have a Rogue Audio Ares Magnum tube phono stage, now I’m veering towards a Rogue Audio RP-7 tube preamp which gets rave reviews at a fair price. Likely a better match for my Model 12’s...
And maybe a SMSL SU-9 DAC.
Which DAC are you using?

Ah, forgot you don’t have pre outs on your AVR. So, are you routing your stereo preamp line outs into your AVR?

@soix
" Ah, forgot you don’t have pre outs on your AVR. So, are you routing your stereo preamp line outs into your AVR?"
Sort of. A pair of XLR's from the Classe to the Rogue RP-7 for home theater. That's the only cables from my AVR.

My balanced interconnects that run to my Rowland Model 12's will be plugged into the Rogue preamp for straight up 2 channel. Same with my phono stage interconnects, BluRay and Node 2i interconnects.

I could connect my Node to my AVR for surround too. BluRay HDMI already in my AVR.

Ok good luck. It is my opinion that you won't achieve good 2 channel sound that way.