Connecting mini-system speakers to a receiver

[RelievedSimplet]

Hello,
I currently have a Pioneer VSX-816 receiver and a JVC MX-GT700. I currently have them connected via the FR and FL pre-outs on the receiver going to the AUX input on the JVC MX-GT700's main unit which then sends the signal out the the speakers over regular speaker wire. I am getting sick of having to have the main unit hooked up and am wondering if it is possible to wire the speakers from the JVC mini system directly up to the receiver? If I did do this, would the subwoofers no longer work? I guess my main question is what is the most efficient way to hook this up as right now I have to recalibrate the receiver every time I turn off the JVC mini unit as for some reason there is a delay between the front and rear speakers after restarting it. Any information or ideas are appreciated. I understand this is far from an ideal setup but for now I can't afford to buy speakers as well and will need to wait until July for that. Once again any information is appreciated.
Thanks,
RS

 

[RelievedSimplet]

I am wondering, did I post this in the wrong section or is this just something that is unknown? I wasn't sure whether this should be put in here or Loudspeakers.

 

[markw]

Actually, I think it's because nobody has any idea on how to respond. I can't think of anyone ever having done this, nor can I figure out why anyone would want to.

You may be better off just waiting until July when you get a set of real speakers.

 

[markw]

Another thought.

You're decoding all 5.1 channels via the receiver and just sending the front r/l outputs to the two channels in the boombox? What about the rest of them? What happens to the center channel, which is critical for movies?

Why not just feed the DVD's red/white analog outputs directly to the boombox? It's only stereeo but at least you'll get all five channels of info in them. and, your boombox has a built in tuner so that should be able to tide you over until you get speakers.

In the meantime, I wouldn't even bother trying to jury rig the receiver. What with their protection circuits and all that, you're tugging on Superman's cape. Let it wait.

Now, when you get all the speakers in July and hook 'em up to the reciever all nice and proper, that's another story. I expect you'll want to retire the boombox then.

 

[RelievedSimplet]

Yep, definitely planning on retiring the mini-system at that point. See, what happened was that I had gotten 2 Klipsch B-2's for Christmas along with this receiver which came with 2 free Pioneer bookshelf speakers. The plan was to use the two Klipsch's for the fronts, the 2 Pioneers for the rears. Well, the Mitsubishi HD1000U dropped to $900 right after those Klipsch's were bought. So instead those were returned and I got the HD1000U for Christmas (along with spending most of my money on it.) So now I have the projector connected to the receiver via component, the PS2, Xbox 360, and STB all go through the receiver via component and optical audio (STB is Coaxial). So now I have it so that the receiver uses the 2 free Pioneer bookshelf speakers as rears (connected directly to the receiver) and for the two front speakers I use the pre-outs to the mini-system which uses the mini-system's 2 speakers as the fronts. No center for now and the mini-system's 2 speakers have subwoofers that are putting out enough bass for now to not need a subwoofer. Obviously this is a horrible cobbled together setup, but I still need the receiver for component switching, etc. I am just trying to grasp whether there is a better way to get these hooked up for now, but since it works as it is and there's no problems when I just leave the mini-system on 24/7 then I'll just leave it as is.

This leads to two new questions though. Once I get the cash, I am planning on buying two Klipsch RF-52's. Anyone who has these or has heard these in a home environment, is the bass enough where you won't need a subwoofer for awhile? Also, I was told before that having a center channel isn't really very important since the receiver can "fix" any problems associated with not having one, is this true? The problem I have is that I don't have a consistent cash flow so I have to buy two speakers at a time, so I'm planning to go the RF-52's, RC-52 then the RS-42 surrounds and finally a subwoofer.