[quote user="Andrew Everard"]
The Denon has a full set of pre-outs, so will be fine in this respect. As Mr Snails says, connect your music sources to the stereo amp, and the AV ones to the Denone receiver - I taught that boy well, clearly!
Connect your front left and right speakers to the outputs of the stereo amp ONLY, and the front channel preouts of the Denon to a spare input on the stereo amp.
Select that input, set the volume on the stereo amp to a level you can easily remember - 10 or 12 o'clock will be fine - and then use the receiver's set-up system to balance up the level of the front L/R channels with that of the centre speaker.
Then when you want to watch surround stuff you just choose the input to which the receiver is connected, and set the stereo amp's volume control to the predetermined setting - the receiver's volume control then takes over level setting for the whole system.
When listening to music sources, you use the stereo amp as normal, and the receiver plays no part whatsoever.
(Note to self - we must do a 'how to' video on the new whathifi.com website when it's launched, showing how to do this)
[/quote] Yes, master you taught me well! Since I got mine set up, I reckon I've explained the format on here at least half a dozen times - I don't mind though, I remember how enfuriating I found it. By the way Mr E, I have to mention this again, as this is obviously a big thing for a lot of people, I do think that it should be mentioned (maybe on the "against" list) when reviewing receivers when they don't have front and left preouts. For instance the Onk 605 and 606s are off my list purely for this reason - and the have almost flawless reviews without this being mentioned. Just a thought.