pre/pro amp hookups and setup questions

[The Doc]

im upgrading from an all in one system to a system that will be using seperates, probably a Denon 4806av with an outlaw 7 channel amp. I was wondering if i could get a basic explaination of hooking up the amp to the av, as to what type of connectors i need to have. Also since i dont know that much about hooking up seperates i was wondering if the speakers get the power from both the av reciever and the amp or just the amp and do the speakers get hooked up to the outlaw amp or both the av reciever and the outlaw amp..any help would be appreciated thanks..

 

[sdy284]

im upgrading from an all in one system to a system that will be using seperates, probably a Denon 4806av with an outlaw 7 channel amp. I was wondering if i could get a basic explaination of hooking up the amp to the av, as to what type of connectors i need to have. Also since i dont know that much about hooking up seperates i was wondering if the speakers get the power from both the av reciever and the amp or just the amp and do the speakers get hooked up to the outlaw amp or both the av reciever and the outlaw amp..any help would be appreciated thanks..

ok for the amp to the 4806 you're going to need 4 pairs of RCA cables that go from the Pre Out on the reciever to the input on the amplifier
(obviously, you're going to match them up, Front L from the 4806 to Front L on the Outlaw)

and only hook up the speakers to the outlaw amp

 

[MDS]

The back of the receiver will have jacks marked 'pre-out' (preamplifier output) and you just connect regular audio cables with RCA connectors from the pre-outs to their respective channel on the amp; eg. front left pre-out to front left amp channel, center pre-out to center amp channel, etc.

The speakers get connected to the amp.

If the amp has fewer channels than you have speakers, you can use the receiver to drive the other channels; eg if you had bought a 5 channel amp, you could connect 5 channels to the amp (with those speakers connected to the amp) and then connect the rear speakers directly to the receiver. Alot of people will do something like that if for example they only use a 2 channel amp for the front speakers and use the receiver for all the other channels.

 

[The Doc]

more connection questions

thanks for the quick responses, one more probably silly question. Do i add the output per channel of the av reciever with the output per channel of the other amp to calculate how much power im sending to the speakers?

 

[sdy284]

thanks for the quick responses, one more probably silly question. Do i add the output per channel of the av reciever with the output per channel of the other amp to calculate how much power im sending to the speakers?

no, because you're just hooking up your speakers to the outlaw amp

 

[ZoFo]

thanks for the quick responses, one more probably silly question. Do i add the output per channel of the av reciever with the output per channel of the other amp to calculate how much power im sending to the speakers?

No, you will not be using the AVR Amp and your dedicated Amp in conjunction. Each speaker will connect to either the Amp or your AVR - not both. Let's say you have a 125W AVR and an "external" 200W 2-channel Amp, you run your front two speakers out from the 200W Amp (front speakers get more use that the rears) and all of your other speakers are connected to the AVR. Your two front speakers would have 200W of power and all of the surrounds connected to your AVR would have 125W.

 

[gcmarshall]

i love electronic toys as much as the next guy, but you do realize that the 4806 is pretty beefy as an amp all by itself? if you really want a "separates" solution (and i'm all for it) you could save a bundle by buying a less pricey pre/pro. for example, the denon 4306 or 3806. or, the yamaha 2600 or 4600. i would expect these would give superb pre/pro performance, as well, and you could pretty much pay for the outlaw amp with the savings.

 

[jcPanny]

4806 + Amp

I agree that the amp is probably overkill with your 4806.

Consider connecting the 4806 directly to your speakers and using its very capable internal amplifiers. If you are happy with the results, return the outlaw amp, they have a good return policy. Use the money towards a new display, sub, DVD player, acoustic treatments, etc.

If you have very inefficient 4 ohm mains, then you might want an outlaw 2 channel amp or a couple monoblocks for the mains and let the receiver drive the rest.