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IWhat Tinman said (If I got it right) is that when using multichannel for movies, ideed, the pre-amp of the AVR is used, controlling also the stereo amplifier conected with it's MAIN IN. But when listening to stereo the music souce should be directly conected to the inputs of the integrated...

So, I have those two scenarios for stereo listening: 1) Yamaha RX A3080 + Yamaha MX1 power amp (source: TIDAL service with uncompressed audio files played directly from RX A3080) 2) Yamaha AS1100 amp (source: TIDAL service with uncompressed audio files played from Yamaha NP S 303). Which one...

Thank you very much for your answer!

The volume control will be handled by the RX A3080 (and the entire preamplification stage).

The MX1 will, indeed, drive the front speakers.

The MX1 should be connected to the preouts of the RX A3080. The main benefit should be the better filtering (2x32000uF + 2x37000uF capacitors of the MX1) and more power.

Hello! I did not purchased the RX A3080 yet, but from my prevoius experiences with AV amplifiers (owning Yamaha AZ1, Onkyo TX-NR 3030) I can say that a stereo/integrated amplifier (owned NAD C162/C272, Yamaha CX1/MX1) sound different. My question was about the preamplifier stage. Is it better...

Hello! I recently read Tom Parson's article about combining a stereo integrated amp or receiver into an AV system to get the best of both worlds: https://www.whathifi.com/us/advice/how-to-combine-stereo-and-surround-sound-in-one-brilliant-av-system My question is: What partner would be best...