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Need a little help

Hello everyone. Somewhat new to this hobby and need a little advice. My current setup is a 2.1 channel setup consisting of a Pioneer sclx-904 av receiver that I'm using as a preamp, 2 identical Anthem power amps that are feeding a pair of B&W bookshelf speakers (they are biamped). My question is this; I recently acquired an Nad preamp. Can this NAD be integrated into my existing system somehow?  What would I be gaining? I read that an external preamp can be hooked up to an av receiver, how would I do that?? Also the NAD only has one set of preout's, and does not have a dedicated sub out, I still want to use both Anthem amps and my Klipsch subwoofer, but how do I achieve this with only one set of preouts( left/ right) on the NAD?? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

spoonman16510
spoonman16510 OP
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No binding posts on the sub.

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jeffbij
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Just out of curiosity, what model NAD preamp is this?  and what model B&W's?

spoonman16510 OP
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NAD C368 preamp and B&W 706s3 bookshelves. 

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jeffbij
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Isn't the C368 an integrated amp?  Are you just looking to only use the preamp out connections then?

And with the B&W 706's, I'm inclined to think that you aren't gaining much, if anything, in the way of improvement with bi-amping them.  You might work out better in selling the one of the Anthem's and the NAD and purchasing a true dedicated preamp.

... just a thought....

soix
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And with the B&W 706's, I'm inclined to think that you aren't gaining much, if anything, in the way of improvement with bi-amping them.  You might work out better in selling the one of the Anthem's and the NAD and purchasing a true dedicated preamp.

I would agree with this provided you also got decent jumper cables for your speakers.  Bi-amping may provide some benefit, but I’d think adding a better dedicated stereo preamp would bring significantly more improvement to the overall sound.  Either that or sell everything and get a good integrated amp.  Depends how much you want to put into this and how much you care about better sound, otherwise just get the splitter and enjoy. 

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