Spoonman- I also like the idea of combining a two channel (or 2 mono blocks) with a 5 channel amp to get 7.1. Then for stereo listening, you only need to power the 2 channels themselves. (Me? I have an Acurus 2 channel and a 5 channel amp.)
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