While the quality of my upstairs 2 channel music system very nice, it is still improving, and this is where I want to put all my money. I do, however, have a large basement and have another 2 channel system that I use for entertaining and gaming. Because I use it for gaming and movies, I want to upgrade to surround sound.
The basement system consists of a pair of my parents old Bose floorstanders (they suck, but they're loud) and a Pioneer 2 channel 400 wpc reciever. The goal of this DIY endeavor is to by a 7.1 reciever (I can get a Harmon Kardon AVR-335Z for $300) and use the pre outs for the front channels to go to a 2 channel seperate amp and use the onboard amps for the other channels.
The DIY part is that I want to turn my 400wpc reciever into an amp. Does anyone know what parts I would have to keep for the amplification and what I can chuck because its preamp and switching and video stuff?
I need the 400 wpc because our basement is massive and eats up bass like no other, but the surround sound would be nice.
Any expertise would be greatly appriciated because Im in over my head with this one (but I hope to learn.)
I dont know the model off hand, I can look it up tomorrow. It doesnt have pre ins or amp outs (Im guessing its too old). I cant find any straight or bypass on it.