Kalman,
Your are right. I want to maintain my stereo sub setup since I run 72"
ribbons and then cross over to my "subs" that go from 20hz to 150hz as a
stereo pair. I currently feed from my preamp to an outboard elect.
crossover then feed to independent amps for my ribbons and my subs.

so essentially what I need is a surround processor system that can feed an
unaltered L-R signal back to my preamp -- my preamp has no HT bypass so I
will have to keep the volume constant as suggested.

any other ideas on implementing this without sacrificing sound quality in my
existing stereo front end? I know this has been asked a lot in the past but
I have not been able to find a really good solution yet although I imagine
something exists.

thanks again

"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:54:37 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

I need to use my external
crossover since I have to cross over my mains speakers at 150HZ (large
ribbons) and have the rest go to my subs.

This will not be affected, if the surround processor main L/R outputs
go through an auxiliary input on your 'high end' preamp.

It will, I think, if he wants/needs the sub for stereo from the
preamp. OF course, I may be imagining his setup and he has not yet
described it in detail.

Kal