No pre-outs on avr workaround. Will this work?

ROHfan
ROHfan Posts: 1,014
edited January 2012 in Electronics
My 7.1 avr has no preouts (except sub) and I recently got an HK 3490 that I've fell in love with. I'd like to have the fronts going through the HK and all other channels output from the avr. If I get a BPD like OPPO's BDP-80 can I use its 7.1 Front L+R outputs to go to the HK3490 and out to my fronts and just have all the other speakers hooked up to the avr leaving its Front L+R with nothing connected? I'm using HDMI going to my avr currently. Has anyone tried this?

I will be getting an avr with preouts sometime in the future but for now I'm getting tired of manually disconnecting my front speakers from the avr to listen to CDs from the HK. I may have to build a source select switch which I was trying to avoid.
TV: 65" Samsung QLED 4K
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier
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  • Tankman
    Tankman Posts: 419
    edited January 2012
    You need a Niles A/B Amp switch. they go for about $90 bucks.
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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    edited January 2012
    Tankman wrote: »
    You need a Niles A/B Amp switch. they go for about $90 bucks.

    Or a 4PDT On/Off/On switch for about five bucks.
    TV: 65" Samsung QLED 4K
    Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
    Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
    Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
    Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
    AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier
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