So I think the goal, is to have 5.1 and up as the norm from the living room system. He would switch to stereo just for music, and everything else would be TV/Movies etc, utilizing his Rowland gear. Hooking it up the way I'm asking, would he be able to have volume control from the receiver...
I'm trying to do a bit of research for family friend. He has a Rowland Research Coherence One Preamplifier, and a Rowland Research Model 5 Power Amplifier. As these are older (but god-tier) components, the pre can't do anything modern, Dolby etc etc. What would like to do, is use a decent...