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Originally Posted by Farhoof
The Emotiva is just a power amp right? Which is fed (hardwired) by the Marantz AV receiver?
In that case maybe the Marantz has a multichannel analog input you can use to hook up your audio interface. This way you can switch between your Protools output and other media devices.
Keep in mind, using a multichannel analog input on pretty much any AV receiver will bypass all the processing features on the device (like room eq, etc), as most receiver only have AD converters for stereo sources.
Another way would be to use a MTRX as your monitor controller/volume/room eq, etc, and feed it with the Marantz output for your Bluray/Game/Homecinema stuff, and output to the power amps for the speakers. You will need a ton of AD/DA though for the MTRX which can get expensive.
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Yea, the Emotiva is just a power amp. The Marantz is strictly a processor so it can't power the speakers. So instead of a speaker being connected directly to the receiver, it's connected first to the amp to get power then a cable from the amp goes to where the speaker would usually go directly if it were an actual A/V receiver.
So, yeah, this is where I get lost. I simply want to be able to bypass the Marantz processor when in "studio mode", and use the Mtrx as the processor to feed the sound and whatnot to the speakers. At least I thought that's what I wanted to be able to do.
I just want to connect a laptop up and have a mouse and monitor controller in the theater to open up Pro Tools and have the theater straight up be my surround mix room then unplug the laptop and have the theater go back into regular mode so the family can use it like how they're used to. Does that make sense?
And if it does, in "studio mode" I'd maybe have all my room settings set from the Mtrx SPQ then in "theater mod everything would switch to the settings I made in the Marantz processor/receiver. Does that also make sense?
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