Quote Originally Posted by Gimes View Post
Thank you. I think the Marantz I have will work for what I need right now. When it comes time to upgrade the receiver/processor, I'll revisit this again.
That Marantz will work. It has front channel preamp out that you can send to the Mac preamp and utilize the HT bypass.

Another option is to use a speaker selector switch for you front channels. You can hook it up in reverse. I set of speakers to 2 amps.

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