Please help me chose a preamp or avr for my setup below

[william13]

Hey Guys I have a combo kitchen-family room where I have a quasi theatre set up. This is not my main theatre room.

Right now I have vintage gear. Lexicon preamp. My three front speakers are powered and work perfectly so I would like to keep them.
My two rear speakers are powered by a Rotel amp and I would like to keep them.

A Yamaha Adventage was suggested to me but it might be overkill with 11 channels vs my 5.1 set up

I like Yamaha, Denon, Marantz. It looks like I need a preamp instead of a receiver because of my powered speakers and Rotel.


Can any one throw out some specific ideas for the preamp to me?

Thanks

Bill

 

[TLS Guy]

Hey Guys I have a combo kitchen-family room where I have a quasi theatre set up. This is not my main theatre room.

Right now I have vintage gear. Lexicon preamp. My three front speakers are powered and work perfectly so I would like to keep them.
My two rear speakers are powered by a Rotel amp and I would like to keep them.

A Yamaha Adventage was suggested to me but it might be overkill with 11 channels vs my 5.1 set up

I like Yamaha, Denon, Marantz. It looks like I need a preamp instead of a receiver because of my powered speakers and Rotel.


Can any one throw out some specific ideas for the preamp to me?

Thanks

Bill

This is exactly what you need.

 

[william13]

I appreciate your input.
On a serious note. Last night I read about the Marantz 8801, 7701, Yamaha CX A5000, Intergra803/ Onkyo PR-SC5509 SSP

The main problem I am having is that I only have 5 speakers and the world is spinning to many more channels but my room can't handle it. So I find myself also looking at units made in 2011/2012 which I might be missing some tech that I actually could use.

 

[TLS Guy]

I appreciate your input.
On a serious note. Last night I read about the Marantz 8801, 7701, Yamaha CX A5000, Intergra803/ Onkyo PR-SC5509 SSP

The main problem I am having is that I only have 5 speakers and the world is spinning to many more channels but my room can't handle it. So I find myself also looking at units made in 2011/2012 which I might be missing some tech that I actually could use.

Don't worry if it has 7 channels. Just don't use two. I don't think you will find a five channel that will meet your needs, so stop looking.