Hey,
I'm currently running the oppo directly to the power amps for the centre & rear then through the Bel Canto Pre2 preamp to run to the fronts (with volume set to Odb offset here to passthrough).
For some reason I get a rather loud pop when starting a movie or just before a file starts playing when selected from a hard drive etc. Just about any pause in sound really.
Can anyone tell me why, have you experienced it?
I also get a noisy sort of rustling sound through all the speakers which when run in 2 channel, not from the oppo is dead silent.. I'm considering trying a receiver instead to incorporate a pre stage.. maybe this will help.. and still running the 2ch front out to the main pre/power combo