Do I really need these amps for these speakers Evid c8.2

[amb1s1]

I'm building a dedicated home theater in my basement so I would like to have a nice surround sound. A friend of mine gave me 8 Evid C8.2 speakers, 2 MTX in wall sub and 3 Crown xls 202 amps. I was thinking to use this on my living room where the system is going to be use for music only because I already have a pair of in wall speakers for my home theater. But when I compare mine in wall to the EVID, I decided to use the evids entire system for my Home theater. Now, I know that I have to buy a surround sound preamp instead of a receiver because of the AMPs, but the preamps are more expensive than the receivers. My questions are, should I spend the money for the preamp because the sound system is going to be better? Should I just take away the amps and run my system with a Receiver? Do you guys think that the Evid will sound good in my home theater? Any other tips and advise will take it with appreciation. Thanks in advance

 

[SearchofSub]

Yes, just get the Emotiva UMC-200 for the pre amp and use the Crown's as your amps. Its only $600. It is always ideal to use seperates for sound.

 

[ImcLoud]

You do NOT need a pre pro if you want to use separate amplififers, you simply need an avr with preoutput capability, DENON AVR-990 7.1ch Networking A/V Theater Surround Receiver | Accessories4less that denon has preouts and you can hook you amps into them just as easy as hooking them into the umc200, except you will have the amp section if you ever need them.. with the prices of some of these high end avrs on sale, pro pros arent as attractive as they used to be, if you dont mind the non mathcing aesthetics, then go for the denon, under $400 and its a decent unit..
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lot of guys do this and only separate amp their fronts, they let the avr take care of the surrounds since the benefits of extra power is of little use for surround duty..

 

[slipperybidness]

Yes, just get the Emotiva UMC-200 for the pre amp and use the Crown's as your amps. Its only $600. It is always ideal to use seperates for sound.

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