Gonk, thanks for the suggestion. I will look into it. The only problems that I see are (i) I have 4 speaker wires now (which will be uped to 8 in the future) that I need to intercept so it makes it a little more complicated, and (ii) by intercepting the speaker wires the amplifier will always be powered on as it will be receiving a signal even if the speaker is muted. In any event, I will definitely look into it.