Hello,
I would like to know the pros and cons with an A/V receiver used as a controller: Yamaha RX-V2500 A/V receiver a Rotel five-channel power amplifier. Will they match up OK?
Thank you,
Morris Barber
What I assume you’re asking about is using the Yamaha’s line-level outputs to drive the Rotel power amplifier instead of using the power amplifier inside it. In effect, using the Yamaha as a preamplifier-processor only. Most of the time this works well enough and is something you should definitely try. There’s no harm in that. The only thing I’ve run into in the past is that sometimes the outputs of these receivers don’t drive the amplifier’s inputs as well as a top-quality dedicated preamplifier-processor. That’s why I suggest trying it out and finding out what the result is. . . . Doug Schneider
