AV Amplifier + Valve vamp

[skularatna]

I have a valve amp which I use to listen to music and am thinking of connecting this to my AV amplifiers pre-out so I can still listen to music from my valves, which i find sound much better than any solid state i've hard. Anyway that aside, it is my understanding that when watching films the input selector on the valve amp would have to be set to whatever the preout was set to. Here's my problem though, for the purpose of movies in surround sound, would the valves be controlling the sound on the front L+R or will it just be acting as a preamp and would the av amplifier still process the sound on all 5 speakers? Hope i'm making sense?

 

[skularatna]

forgot to mention the valve amp is only 25w per channel does this matter? Will it get damaged if i i connect it to the pre out of my av amplifier that is 105w per channel?

 

[Dave_]

skularatna: it is my understanding that when watching films the input selector on the valve amp would have to be set to whatever the preout was set to. Here's my problem though, for the purpose of movies in surround sound, would the valves be controlling the sound on the front L+R or will it just be acting as a preamp and would the av amplifier still process the sound on all 5 speakers? Hope i'm making sense?
The a/v amp will have control of all channels yes, but for the front two channels it will be acting as a pre-amp/processor and the valve amp will act as a power amp

 

[skularatna]

Would i damage my equipment since the valve is 25w and the av is 100w per channel?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Nope - the preamp output won't damage it at all.

 

[skularatna]

Fantastic!! Thanks.