dazed&confused
Well-known Member
I don't know why it hasn't occurred to me to try this before now, but I've just hooked up my eighteen year old budget Mission Cyrus amp to the front right and left speaker “pre-out” sockets on my Yamaha DSP-AX750SE, using a spare pair of Mark Grant phono leads. Wow, what an improvement to stereo sound through my Castle Compact satellites. Not only has the sound improved in every aspect, it all seems far more effortless.
What has really surprised me is the improvement in bass management. I was expecting maybe some improvement in stereo sound, hopefully in the detail and mid range, but thought by running the fronts from a separate amp I might loose some integration with the subwoofer. This was quite important, because the sub sits out of sight by the side of the sofa, on the opposite wall to the front speakers. Up until now, this position has, on some music, annoyingly made the sound coming out of the sub obviously localised and detached. Somehow, pre-outing the fronts into the Cyrus has also improved integration and brought everything together bass wise.
I'd be very interested to hear any explanations for this.
What has really surprised me is the improvement in bass management. I was expecting maybe some improvement in stereo sound, hopefully in the detail and mid range, but thought by running the fronts from a separate amp I might loose some integration with the subwoofer. This was quite important, because the sub sits out of sight by the side of the sofa, on the opposite wall to the front speakers. Up until now, this position has, on some music, annoyingly made the sound coming out of the sub obviously localised and detached. Somehow, pre-outing the fronts into the Cyrus has also improved integration and brought everything together bass wise.

I'd be very interested to hear any explanations for this.