Glad it works out for you. Now think 5-channel and help me clean out my closet.Well, in the media room, I have the Ashley set at unity gain ...
dropping the Yamaha EQ in and out doesn't seem to change levels.
downstairs signal path
HK AVR Receiver
front preamp out -> Yamaha EQ -> Ashley -> JBL 623/6260 Amps
downstairs signal type
rca to XLR adapter at the first stage, then XLR-XLR (bal) for the interconnect to the Ashley, then XLR -. "stereo" Phone (bal) into the JBL amps ...
Upstairs is a Yamaha CR-1020 (vintage) receiver _ - I suppose I could make XLR to RCA jumpers to tie the EQ into one of the receiver's tape loops, but I didn't think it was a good thing to go back and forth from
consumer -> Pro -> consumer
I only do the one conversion downstairs from the HK to the pro gear,
and I think the HK preamp out is higher level that the vintage yamaha was ...
for what its worth,
the JBL 6260 (off screen) that runs the woofers is set wide open,
the JBL 6230 (low screen) that runs the high side is just a bit below wide open -
seems to be not quite as shrill that way ...