Yeah Rick, I'm pretty sure that is the case with most receivers. As soon as you use the "pre-outs" for any given channel, that bypasses the internal amp stage. However, I guess I've never tried to hook up a pair of speakers to the regular speaker jacks, AND use the pre-outs at the same time.

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