I must be trapped in a cave cause I still havent seen any that have a preout for each channel, and I didnt see any capable of putting stereo signal through 4-6 channels when I went shopping at FS either...

(although I see the odd one advertised on the net)

 

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http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...1&newdeptid=10

Second yamaha I looked at.

Also the lower end marantz and denons have pre-amp outputs.

Mulitchannel stereo is very common. I havn't seen a reciever without one. It just isn't always listed obviosly.

 

I got a spare pioneer reciever laying around that has 6 channel pre-out...im not sure about stereo signals though....