Hi gonk, allways helpfull thanks for that. Yes the Pio has pre-outs for all seven channels, but here is what I do not completely understand...How will it affect my channel level imputs or better, will I still be able to control the volume for all channels from the reciever? Let say I start with a 2 channel apmp and center and surrounds still driven by the reciever ? How about all pre-outs out to a stereo amp, and later as you sugested to a 3 or 5 channel? Hope you understand what i mean.

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