I am looking into setting up a home theater system for my first time. I need to learn as much as I can before I dive into this task, so bare with me.

I have decided that I am going to use a speaker array using the M22Ti speakers... It would be an array of two. The M22Ti power rating is from 10-200 Watts at 8 Ohms. By having two in parallel, how much power would I need to pump into it? I would suppose that I would need 400 Watts per channel.

I'm new to home theater installation, and I don't want to muck anything up. So, I was wondering if anybody could tell me the difference between a Pre-Amp and an Amp... Don't they do the same thing?

Also, if a reciever has a 110 Watt amplifier built in, and a 200 Watt amplifier (or would it be pre-amp???) is connected would that make 310 Watts?

As you can see I am new to this. Any direction on this via websites and documentation of any kind would be greatly appreciated.

Brant