So I'm about to do some rearranging of my setup, as I used to have a ton of stuff and a bazillion wires, and over the past year have sold off all my game systems, as well as dropped cable tv and no longer run a windows media center comp (I know, I'm getting boring :P). I'm trying to go rather minimal and curious if there's any downfall to running without any kind of receiver or prepro. So my old setup at its height of amount of equipment was:
Samsung HLS6187 DLP tv, Denon 2307CI Receiver, Emotiva XPA5 amp, Behringer EP2500 amp (for sub), 5 various statements speakers, blah sub, HD cable receiver, oppo bp83, xbox 360, wii, nintendo, super nintendo, N64, atari, windows media center comp, network switch, belkin power center (PF60 I think), battery backup (for the TV's fan).
Now most of that stuff is gone, and the only source I have is the Oppo BDP83. I'd like to just do this:
Oppo -> HDMI -> TV (for video)
Oppo -> Analog Outs -> Emotiva XPA5 (for sound)
(possibly) Oppo -> analog sub out -> Behringer (not sure if I'll even use the sub, but might)
The Oppo has volume control, I guess a kind of level output control, is that sufficient? Or do I really really have to have some kind of preamp in between? I'd like to figure this out before I make a huge mess and then hook everything up all neat and pretty only to find that it won't work right Either way it seems like such a waste to have this big receiver sucking down power just to relay the Oppo's analog outputs to the amp. Ideas?
Samsung HLS6187 DLP tv, Denon 2307CI Receiver, Emotiva XPA5 amp, Behringer EP2500 amp (for sub), 5 various statements speakers, blah sub, HD cable receiver, oppo bp83, xbox 360, wii, nintendo, super nintendo, N64, atari, windows media center comp, network switch, belkin power center (PF60 I think), battery backup (for the TV's fan).
Now most of that stuff is gone, and the only source I have is the Oppo BDP83. I'd like to just do this:
Oppo -> HDMI -> TV (for video)
Oppo -> Analog Outs -> Emotiva XPA5 (for sound)
(possibly) Oppo -> analog sub out -> Behringer (not sure if I'll even use the sub, but might)
The Oppo has volume control, I guess a kind of level output control, is that sufficient? Or do I really really have to have some kind of preamp in between? I'd like to figure this out before I make a huge mess and then hook everything up all neat and pretty only to find that it won't work right Either way it seems like such a waste to have this big receiver sucking down power just to relay the Oppo's analog outputs to the amp. Ideas?
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