2.1 "HT" + 2.0 Listening Setup on one set of speakers

[dmw16]

We are moving into our first home in 2 weeks and I am trying to make some decisions about what furniture might be getting left behind as well as making a shopping list

Originally my plan was to setup my 2.1 "home theater" gear in the living room and turn one of the small (12x11) spare bedrooms into an office/den/listening room.

With that in mind I bought a Rega turntable, Brio3 Integrated Amp, and some small monitor speakers.

Then I started laying out the room on grid paper and I am thinking I am trying to cram too many hobbies into a 12x11 space. Those hobbies being my gaming PC and listening to music.

So I got to thinking, maybe I should move the turntable down stairs and use my existing speakers.

With all that said...here is my question(s):

If I want to use the downstairs speakers, what is the best way to share the 2.1 setup with the turntable? I was thinking I could use the pre-outs on my current receiver and get a phono amp and run both of those into a 5.1 stand alone amp. Is that something that would work or am I way off?

If I am, then I will ask the more general question of, what is the best approach to connecting a turn table to an AVR that does not have a phono amp? Is a phono stage pre-amp the best option or do most AV receivers have a non-amplified input that I can run the Brio3 output to?

Thanks for bearing with this rather long winded post.

EDIT:
I should also note I don't object to getting a few new parts. I could sell the Brio3 and/or my current AV Receiver if that would help.

 

[mshan]

If feasible and the Brio tape monitor out can drive a long lenth of interconnect, you could just run a cable from tape monitor out to any input of your avr (drill small hole in floor if two spaces are close to each other?)

Another option is to just get an Audio Technica AT-PL50 for the home theater rig downstairs (has a built in phono preamp and sounds quite musical; should do well with a mass market avr). More audiophile option would be to get a Project Debut USB turntable. This way you aren't running upstairs every twenty minutes to turn a record over.




edit: haven't read through specs, but this might achieve same thing wirelessly: http://www.audioengineusa.com/features_sheet_w1.php

 

[dmw16]

Thanks for the suggestions, but I should have been more clear. If I use my downstairs equipment then I would have the turntable downstairs.

I guess my primary question was how to hook up my turntable and only have it amplified once while running it thru my AVR. If I run the Brio into my AVR, won't the AVR "re-amplify" the output?