Originally Posted By Amit
Thanks. Curious to know why you say it will be huge waste of the circuitry? LR Preouts from my AVR go into Analog 1 in. No Bass management needed of course but what else?

I wouldn't recommend plugging into the analog input 1 from an AVR. There is the potential to overwhelm the 2160's input circuit. This will cause distortion at the very least, and possibly even blow the input circuit chip(s), if the AVR's volume is raised too high. Your only viable option to use these devices together would be to connect the AVR to the main-in RCA's.
As Xenonman says...
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