hi,
I am putting together a home theater system using magnapan speakers. i understand that i have to get the icbm because the center channel cutoff is 160hz while the rest of the speakers are ato 80hz. My question is wheather i need to buy an amp. As i understand, powerwise, just the 1050 can drive magnapans fairly well. However, the only way to hook up the icbm seems to be between the 1050 and an amp. might there be another way? for instance hook the dvd player to 1050, take the preamp outputs into the icbm, and return to the 1050 into the 5.1 inputs? can this work or do i need an amp? My dvd player is fairly ordinary and does not provide the 5.1 channel out.

Thanks,
Alex