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Originally Posted by W9TR

You’ll need:
Stereo cables from pre/pro to pass through input on C 2700. If your pre/pro supports XLR then use them.

1/8” stereo control cable to go from prepro power control out to C2700 Pass-thru in.

You’ll want to move all your two channel sources to the C2700, so;
Digital coaxial cable from Bluesound 2i to C 2700 coax in.
XLR cables from OppO UDP-205 2 channel balanced output to C 2700 balanced input.

While you’re at it, another MC 601 for the center channel - the most important channel in HT.
Now that the rest of you system is rocking, move up the line to a Marantz pre/pro with balanced inputs and outputs and a McIntosh multichannel amp.

That should do it.

Thank W9TR (Tom?). Spoken like a true audiophile
I plan on implementing many of your suggestions but my 7012 doesn’t have XLR so the upgrades to the 5.1 may have to wait. 2 channel is my priority for now.