I just picked up a pioneer vsx-D412 receiver the other day, and was wondering if I could hook up a seporate amp for my surround, it has 5.1 hookups on the back, is there a way to hook up an amp to these? I would like an amp for my center and rears. and if so is there any 3 channel amps out there?
Then I assume you also have 5.1 analog in. If that's the case, those jacks are fixed level, meant to be used with a SACD/DVD-A player and are not useable as pre amp outputs to an amplifier. In most cases, unless the jacks are labelled "pre out", you would use the amplifier stages built into your receiver. How does your owner's manual describe these outputs?