I am about to enter the wierd and wonderful world of AV and would like to use my main 2-Channel Hifi speakers and my Bryston power amp as the front main speakers in my new AV setup. Unfortunately my Bryston BP26-DA Pre Amplifier which feeds my power amp does not have HT Bypass functionality.
I know that I can connect the pre-outs on my AV amp on to a pair of RCA or balanced inputs on my Bryston to kind of achieve this, but I am also aware that in doing this my Bryston and not my AV amp will be in charge of volume adjustments for the front mains. This is not an ideal situation as I don't always watch TV and movies at the same volume level and as a consequence I will be endlessly adjusting the volume of the two amps independently to balance the sound. I'm not happy about this for obvious reasons.
I would have thought that if I run my pre outs from my Bryston and my pre outs from my AV amp in to a switch which will allow toggling between the two, and then run a single set of pre outs on and in to my power amp then I will have created my own HT Bypass.
Sound quality issues aside can anybody see why this would not work?
Am I overcomplicating things and is there already a product commercially available that does this?
I know that I can connect the pre-outs on my AV amp on to a pair of RCA or balanced inputs on my Bryston to kind of achieve this, but I am also aware that in doing this my Bryston and not my AV amp will be in charge of volume adjustments for the front mains. This is not an ideal situation as I don't always watch TV and movies at the same volume level and as a consequence I will be endlessly adjusting the volume of the two amps independently to balance the sound. I'm not happy about this for obvious reasons.
I would have thought that if I run my pre outs from my Bryston and my pre outs from my AV amp in to a switch which will allow toggling between the two, and then run a single set of pre outs on and in to my power amp then I will have created my own HT Bypass.
Sound quality issues aside can anybody see why this would not work?
Am I overcomplicating things and is there already a product commercially available that does this?