Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Denon Receiver problem - now what?

Nope, other way around.

Any pre-amp could use a receiver as an amp by using a line level input on the receiver.

Although presumably, if the receiver had a line-level output (like a tape loop or something) you could add an external amp to that. The volume wouldn't adjust or anything like that, but hey...