Connecting Amp to A/V Receiver

Silverfang2340

Hey all, I've been doing some reading lately of the benefits you're bound to get by connecting your speakers to an Amp vs an A/V Receiver and I think I'm going to go for the jump and get this Amplifier: http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifiers/products/xpa2

However, I'm having trouble figuring out how I would get the amp hooked up to the receiver, I've read that you need to use the pre-out on your receiver but I don't get where it would connect to on your amp. Now, mind you I'm knowledgeable on connections such as LFE, RCA, HDMI, connecting speakers, etc, so I know some stuff. But if I connect the amp to the receiver via pre-out, how would I go about connecting my subwoofer as well? (preferred; LFE). The receiver I have is the Onkyo TX-NR717. Here's a picture of the back: http://www.hificorner.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/x/tx-nr717__b__rear_n9999x9999.png.jpg

The amp will primarily be used for listening to music in 2 channel powering 2 RTi A7's.

Thanks a lot for any feedback as I'm new to amps completely and am unfamiliar with some of the connections it uses.

chumlie

Pre Out front into the amp useing RCA.

Silverfang2340

Ok, cool, thank you!

Silverfang2340

So basically, the amp would be powering the fronts and I would still be able to switch between sources on the A/V and still get audio (PS3, TV, CD, etc) Also, I'd still be able to use my sub connected to one of the Sub pre-outs on the receiver while the amp is being used, correct?

chumlie

Correct.

Silverfang2340

Great, and I'll assume if I ever get the XPA-3, I can just connect that amp to preouts center, and surround for 5.1 running from both amps.

Gotcha, thanks a lot

chumlie

Correct again.

hertz9753

Where are you from? The UK link has me confused.

Silverfang2340

hertz9753 wrote: »

Where are you from? The UK link has me confused.

Sorry, I just pulled up a large image from google lol. I'm from the US