Using same speaker pair with two different amps


OK, here goes a question that will reveal my deficiencies once and for all. I have a stereo amplifier (Rogue Audio Sphinx) that I like very much and have been using for CD source music as well as DVD/TV. Popular demand has it that I reestablish surround capabilities to enhance sound for movies.

I have a B&K AVR 3700 receiver that could be used for this and I have leftover speakers from a time long ago when I did have a 5.1 surround system in the same room. These consist of JM Lab center, Vandersteen V2W sub and Speakercraft in-ceiling surrounds. The fronts, when in have them repaired, are Martin Logan Odysseys or their replacements.

I don't want to have 2 front speaker pairs, one each for stereo and theater, which I have tried. It worked but the installation was a bit busy. Also, I could use the receiver for both but I'm not wild about its sound for music.

Which brings me to this question; is there such thing as a source switching device that would give me the ability to use one speaker pair for stereo as well as HT listening.

I'm bracing myself for responses to this one.
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