In fact I have had my Yamaha receiver for a few years and it has had and easy life since I have never used its front channel outputs at all. I have only used the center channel and rear outputs on it which put out plenty of power since the mains aren't draining the power supply dry of power for the other channels. In fact after the first of the year I am going with a preamp for two channel and only using my Yamaha for theater which is my secondary anyway.