Does your Denon have preouts? If so, you have a nice upgrade path if you ever want to go to a separate preamp/poweramp like many audiophiles have. You may want to just connect the preouts to a nice 2-channel amp and go from there to your main (L/R) speakers.
This will allow you to experiment with a 2-channel amp and find one you like at your leisure. Generally speaking, A/V receivers are often limited by their power supply, so you'll find using an outboard amp will make things sound better because the amp will have its own (serious) power supply. Often the A/V receiver's preamp section isn't as bad as its power amp section because the preamp section isn't affected by an undersized power supply quite as much as the power amps. To maximize this you may want to use the receiver's "direct" or "source direct" mode where it (supposedly) bypasses most of the digital circuitry. Plus, you can continue to use the receiver to listen to movies, gaming, etc. in 5.1. And when funds permit, you can use the 2-channel amp in a dedicated 2-channel setup along with a preamp, reusing the receiver elsewhere. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta), SBC (beta - no battery) Sold: SB3, Duet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55469 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
