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I had a plan at one point to just wire power amps (with gain controls) directly to the multi-channels outs of my DVD player. Figured the gain trim would allow me to calibrate for individual speakers, and then I'd just play everything at reference level. No need for a pre-amp or any sort of volume control.

Actually if had a setup only for movies, I could probably get away with something like that. But CDs are mastered at a higher "reference" level (or with no reference at all), that I have to turn them down about 12 dB from where I listen to movies.