Can I have 2 preamps?

[bubslewis]

Just finished upgrading crossovers on Maggie 1.6's. Am now considering some of the downstream components. Currently running the maggies from an amp that's fed from the preouts of a Yamaha A/V receiver. For music I use "pure direct" which plays 2 channel and bypasses all sound processing. But also use the maggies as front speakers in an HT setup.

My Question is: Is it possible to put another (higher quality) preamp between the maggie amplifier and the (lower quality) A/V receiver preamp? So the signal would run from the source, thru the A/V preamp, thru a better preamp, to the amp, to the speaker.

If answer to first question is YES, proceed to Question 2:

Question 2: Could I expect any sonic benefit from doing this? Can an additional better preamp improve the signal being fed to it or just do a better job at accurately reproducing the original signal from the A/V preamp?

Additional question: Would a passive preamp be applicable in this situation?

I have to do it this way because I want to use the maggies for both music and HT. Hence I must employ the A/V preamp in order to accomplish this.