Simple set up but difficult for the ignorance

Hook up the reciever pre out for left and right fronts into the bypass input on your Conrad Johnson and front speakers are all set. Hook up center and all surround as regular to the rciever and calibrate sound levels and enjoy.
As far as the rack issue make sure you check the specs for HDMI to make sure it can hold the 30ft signal in stride but that is probably easier and cheaper than looking into long and good interconnects.
Look at Blue Jean cable or Mono Price cables online for cheap HDMI, dont get suckered into expensive boutique HDMI cables.......these more than most cables dont make much difference. I have a 15ft cheap HDMI going to my Projector and it looks fantastic. Email if you need any further clarification or help. Cheers

I have used un-matched speakers before and its hit and miss so just try and see,,,for movies its much easier to get away with than multi channel music. As for amp you would need 2 Seperate or 1 pair each per amp channel. Example 3 channels (Center, surround left and surround Right you need 6 single RCA wires or 3 Pairs). My friend has a Von S center used with the VR4 if it didnt sell in auction I will see if he has it and what he wants........it was just on auction last week. Cheers