I see, but the receiver would only be used for the whole house system and not the main listening room. It is nice to have separate zones even if only for one room. You can have the ability to play a different source in the main room if you get an integrated with a record out selector.
Integrated with A/B Speaker Switch
I'm helping a friend put together a home system which is a bit complicated - existing home system is a receiver going into a impedence correcting selector box that supplies built-in speakers throughout the house. New improved system is a pair of Soliloquy 5.3 speakers and needs better quality amplification than the whole-house system. The most elegant solution would be to find an integrated that can look into 4 ohms with an A/B speaker switch - the A would go directly to the Soliloquy's and the B would go to the receiver. Any good candidates?
Another option is to get a preamp with two amplifier outputs, and use it to control the amplifier section of the receiver as well as a seperate amplifier for the Soliloquy's. But I'm mostly asking about the first (A/B) option.
Thanks very much. Peter S.
Another option is to get a preamp with two amplifier outputs, and use it to control the amplifier section of the receiver as well as a seperate amplifier for the Soliloquy's. But I'm mostly asking about the first (A/B) option.
Thanks very much. Peter S.