I am a longtime lurker on this forum but now I have a couple of questions. I am the happy owner of a C1, A51, and A21. Originally I had them set up for a 7.1 system, but recently I have experimented with keeping the C1/A51 in a 5.1 system (partly for the negative WAF of the two "extra" speakers in the middle of the room, and partly to see how good a two-channel system I could build) and putting the A21 into a dedicated stereo system. Having no other preamp available, I decided to try hooking up my CD player via the unbalanced connections directly to the A21 and use the gain controls on the back as volume control. It sounds great and it's not that inconvenient, as I don't want to hook up any other sources to the A21 and I don't change volume that often. So now to my questions: Am I missing something sonically by not having a preamp in between the CD player and the A21? Am I risking anything (damage to my speakers) in the directly connected configuration?
Mark
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