How to add an External Amplifier to your Home Theater Receiver!

I wish lower priced AVRs had more preouts. You can find some for the fronts/subs but for more channels it really raises the price.

Awesome info, exactly what I was looking for. Clear and detailed demonstration. Keep up the great work!

Blazingly simple, yet elusive to this day for some. Great video. Most people get lost in it is just more power. No, it is not just that. It is about more dynamic headroom for the peaks of energy your presentation may have. Receivers today are feeble versions of themselves today. Most won't punch beyond 50 watts per channel all channels driven into 8 ohms 20hz to 20khz. They are about gimmicks not power anymore. So these external amplifiers are a huge boost in dynamics and punch and reserves no AVR will even come close to doing. Barring perhaps the Class D receivers, but you know how that goes.

Called in recently and spoke with Grant, I think it was Grant. Nice guy and helpful.

I’m glad you addressed the power and loudness point at the end of the video, I added an A3 to my front stage when the volume dropped off a little I had buyers remorse. So thanks for clearing that up!

Nice looking cables and great job on the lesson.

Thanks to this video and the explanation given I decided to buy the a7. I just finished installing following the clear instructions. I turned it on and I thought I had purchased a new set of speakers. What a difference the a7 makes. I can hear more detail. Even the subwoofer sound coming from the two front speakers came alive and I had to turn the subwoofer down. I was so unhappy with the way my system sounded that I had purchased an equalizer. I will return it as I no longer need iit. Great video and great product.

This is exactly what I've done with an Emotiva a5. It's a magic unit that always stays cold to the touch when my AV amp even set in preamp mode gets very hot. It also means the AV can sit happily on the Emotiva forming a perfect stack. On my old AV (I haven't tested this on the new one) at very low levels the sound distorted I think because too little power was being sent, but the Emotiva totally solved that issue.

Hi Brent! Thanks for helping out with my A2 warranty service a couple weeks ago. It is back and working great!

Great video and explanation on how to connect an external power amp to an AVR. I followed your instructions to the letter and connected my Marantz C50 to my new basX A3 external amplifier. Wow what a difference to my LCR front stage. I've left my 2 heights FLR and my Surr LR connected to the Marantz C50. Now my 4 ohm Piega speakers are really singing! 😊 The whole system has really come alive with this added injection of power.

Really well described. Good teaching.

I just now purchased a BasAx a3 to power my front 2 klipsch RP 8000Fs and RP502 C. Connecting the amp to my RZ50. I’m excited!

Thank you very much for this clear and thorough explanation. I will be honest. I had thought the volume would get louder, too.

Thank you. This was very informative. You answered many questions I had about this.

Well explained, exactly what I needed. Great job!

Terrific video - very easy to follow - thanks! 👍🏼

Clear and concise!! Bravo! Bravo!

Awesome explanation. Very clear and easy to understand.

Amazing, thank you for such detailed explanation and illustrative video 🙏✌️

Perfect, simple video, clear, concise and informative