dgarretson's suggestion is the way to go. I route my cambridge audio receiver fl/fr output to my sonic frontiers preamp and amp. Speakers are AAD 2001 monitors for fl/fr, with (obviously mismatched) Def Tech center, rear and subwoofer. Listening to "white noise" I hear the disparity in tone between fl/fr and center speakers, but when viewing a movie I really don't. BTW, some people wonder whether it hurts their 5 channel receiver (or amp) if they utilize just 3 channels. It doesn't. Cheers, Ben
Combining 2 Channel and HT
I have a HT setup in one room based on a Rotel receiver and Paradigm studio 60v3s. Due to a LR redesign, I am movng my 2 channel system (ARC 100.2, LS15, Ikemi and B&W 802 Matrix IIIs) into the room with the HT set up. Obviously I have too many speakers and need to figure out how to combine this system for both audio and TV.
How would you deal with this situation? Sell everything and start fresh? Or can I somehow combine the receiver for surround sound without compromising the quality of the 2 channel system? As far as the speakers go, I will have to see how the Paradigm center matches with the 802s, assuming I keep them instead of the Paradigms.
How would you deal with this situation? Sell everything and start fresh? Or can I somehow combine the receiver for surround sound without compromising the quality of the 2 channel system? As far as the speakers go, I will have to see how the Paradigm center matches with the 802s, assuming I keep them instead of the Paradigms.