Can someone clarify for me: I have the stratos extreme which have just arrived, and I had hoped to use an Onkyo 885 PrePro for HT, and the Candela for 2 ch music listening. However, the 885 PrePro is in limited supply, so I may go with an Onkyo 905 receiver (which, supposedly, is the 885 PrePro married to an amplifier in one chassis). I will bypass the built in amp (using preamp outs) in order to use the Stratos', but I am confused on how to integrate the Candela in this manner.
Simply put, what connects where? I assume the receiver's preamp outputs go to the stratos, but where does the candela fit? On a different note, I have read that the phase is inverted with the candela, and that connections at the speaker should be reversed in order to open the soundstage. For those of you with a multichannel HT receiver or PrePro, and the candela, how do you accomplish reversing the phase in order to make the candela correct, but not reversing phase for HT/multichannel? Or, is it a case of pick your tradeoff?
Mark