Using Transporter as a pre amp has me puzzled.

[yooper]

Unfortunately, my HT (5.1) and two channel listening are done within the same room and I currently run separates.

With that said, I would like to add a 2 channel amp (Moscode 401HR) and connect my Transporter directly to the Moscode. No problem there, connect my mains, run analog from the Transporter to the Moscode.

Now I'm stuck. Since the speakers are now connected to the Moscode, and the Moscodes only two ins are used by the Transporter, how can I listen to HT? Is my only option to disconnect the Transporter, and connect the pre-amp to the Moscode each and every time I listen to one or the other? Is there another option?

Thanks,

Mark

[ceejay]

Well, unless you have a means of getting the two front channels out of your 5.1 amp and into one the TP inputs, you may be stuck. And I'm not sure I'd call the TP a preamp, really - a multi-input DAC, perhaps.

I have a slightly similar setup, but don't have your problem as my main 2 channel amplifier is an integrated amp with spare inputs - so I can take the preouts from my 5.1 amp and feed them into the 2-ch.

Could you find an alternative (integrated) amp?

Ceejay

[discocarp]

You aren't going to be able to do this without changing wires when you switch between HT and the transporter. Unfortunately the transporter did not include a home theater bypass, which is what you need.

You CAN do this by just adding a 2 channel preamp into your system. Make sure the preamp has a home theater bypass feature on it. Many do, but not all.

[discocarp]

Oh home theater bypass is also called unity gain on some preamps. So if you see a preamp with unity gain, that's what you need!

[Mark Lanctot]

What 5.1 equipment do you have? If it has preouts, could you not attach the 2-channel amp to the mains preouts? When you're listening to the Transporter, use it as another source on the 5.1 but listen in DIRECT or BYPASS mode. (This will essentially turn the 5.1 equipment into a 2-channel preamp.)

You may also consider a speaker switch - one position connects the 5.1 amp, the other the 2-channel amp, but that would be cumbersome. You'd have to keep changing it back and forth.

[yooper]

Thank you to all.

Mark, I have an Anthem AVM 50 and Anthem MCA 50, I will look into your suggestion, with fingers crossed.

Thanks,

Mark

[Skunk]

Thank you to all.

Mark, I have an Anthem AVM 50 and Anthem MCA 50, I will look into your suggestion, with fingers crossed.

Thanks,

Mark

Here's the page in the manual for audio connections : http://www.anthemav.com/NewSitev2.0/..._1x_Manual.pdf

As mark says you need to select analog bypass in a menu somewhere, which it says is possible on any input. You could run the transporter balanced output into the anthem, which also has balanced output or RCA. Nice piece of equipment you have there!

Also, you could run a digital output from transporter into the preamp, but set that input to multi-channel. Of course you'd neet DTS material on the server, which I know nothing about.

[Skunk]

Now I'm stuck. Since the speakers are now connected to the Moscode, and the Moscodes only two ins are used by the Transporter, how can I listen to HT?

Sorry, I think I missed the actual problem.

One solution might be get smaller front mains to leave connected to the anthem, which will have the benefit of a subwoofer and only be used for movies, while the real 2 ch main speakers are connected to the moscode.

[Mark Lanctot]

Thank you to all.

Mark, I have an Anthem AVM 50 and Anthem MCA 50, I will look into your suggestion, with fingers crossed.

Thanks,

Mark

Hmm, so you actually do have a pre/pro and a multichannel amp - this means those preouts are used already.

Knowing the calibre of Anthem equipment, there may be secondary preouts? Otherwise you'll have to use a Y-adapter on the mains preouts and run interconnects to both amps. This gets messy regarding how and when to turn which amp on. Hmm.

[Deaf Cat]

I have been reading about modified equipment, now just a thought, would it be possible for one of these specialist companies to put an analogue input on to the transporter, which would run to the existing analogue outputs - switchable from transporter to analogue in?

Allowing pre-outs for example from an AV amp, to output everyting pluged into the av amp, to pass via the transporter to the power amp for the front speakers.