Amp's and preAmp's?

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Originally Posted by Oddiophile

A receiver is a one box solution that has the processing and amplification in one chassis. A con of this approach is the ten pounds of sh*t in a five pound bag theory. You only have so much space to work with so by design engineers are limited to how complicated they can make them and how much stuff they can pack into them. Typically receiver only average half there rated power, so if you have a 100 watt X 7 receiver your only sending around 50 watts of power to your speakers.

Separates are a two chassis solution. The Preamp does all the processing and video switching, the amp is just that a separate amp. Being a two box solution designers can get more creative in what they can do, like bigger transformers, more complicated circuit boards, etc.

Separates are more expensive then receivers but IMO are superior in sound. A lot of people judge a receiver or amp by it's watts but its the current output that really drives your speakers. More current more thump, it's like in cars, Torque gets you going, horsepower keeps you going. Receivers do not putout a lot of current. If you want to take your system to the next level, look to separates for Superior processing and amplification.

I made the switch to separates about 6 years ago and don't plan on going back to a receiver.

Very Nice! Thank you.

So the pre-amp has the HDMI slots? So you would plug all your stuff into the pre-amp first, and then from the pre-amp to the amp, and the then from the amp to your TV? Right?