Is it possible to use a receiver's ZONE 2 preout section in order to add a stereo power amp to it, in order to power large front speakers (mains)? My Onkyo 605 has ZONE 2 connections, and I was wondering if I could simply buy a good two-channel monster amp to power the Polk RTi12 mains in my system, bypassing the receiver's amp, but use the receiver for the rest of the channels? Is this possible?
On the subject, is it normally recommended to go with a full-out multichannel amp to power all speakers in a system when "upgrading" from a receiver, or is it "okay" to get, say, a three-channel (or two-channel) model from a maker like Emotiva, to power the front two or three channels which are most important, while letting the AVR power the surrounds? Which is best, if you'd have to say or guess?
I think this had been answered before but I can't recall; is there any "speaker level converter device" that can be connected to a receiver that doesn't have preouts, like my 605, so it can be connected to an external amp?
