Q Basically it is a two-for-one, as each Ed Mendelson and Sam V had very comparable questions on connecting an exterior amplifier to a Marantz AV receiver. Ed needs so as to add a 3-channel amp to his Marantz SR7012 to energy his L/C/R audio system. Sam needs to make use of his Marantz SR5013 for the audio processing however use a Yamaha RX-A3020 AV receiver for the amplification. How will we do that?
A Ed: Merely join some high quality, equal size RCA cables from the Entrance Left, Proper, and Heart Pre-Outs of your Marantz to the inputs of your new amplifier, after which join the audio system to the wiring terminals of the brand new amplifier. No configuration is required for this setup. The Marantz will use the identical bass administration and room correction settings on these pre-outs because it does when connecting to its speaker terminals. I’d positively re-run Audyssey (or recalibrate the quantity ranges) after doing this as the brand new amplifier will doubtless have totally different efficiency traits.
Sam: Your setup is a bit trickier since we’re utilizing two receivers that each have quantity controls and processing on board. Although it’s considerably older, I believe the Yamaha may need a greater energy amplification part than your Marantz, so this isn’t a foul concept. You’ll use equal size RCA cables to attach the Marantz’s Pre-Out connections to the Yamaha’s Multi Channel Inputs, after which you’ll join your entire speaker wiring to the Yamaha.
I’m pondering you must also join the subwoofer to the Yamaha to reduce any quantity degree mismatching. You’ll want to go into the Yamaha’s settings menu and set the entire audio system to Massive and the subwoofer to On as a result of we don’t need it attempting to do any bass administration, which will likely be dealt with by the Marantz. Additionally, you will wish to go away the Yamaha on the Multi Channel Enter, and I’m pondering it’s best to go away its quantity setting at 0.
Then, arrange the Marantz AVR as should you have been immediately connecting the audio system to it. This may be completed by both manually inputting the speaker data or operating Audyssey. All quantity adjustment, processing, bass administration, and room correction ought to then cross by to the Yamaha AVR, which is able to amplify the alerts and ship them on to your audio system. I’d love to listen to a follow-up on how this setup labored out and should you observed any enchancment within the sound high quality!
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