REL STRATA III, Please HELP

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Hello,
I have just purchased a strata III, have set it up yesterday, and realized a really strange thing.
I have wrote Rel a week ago to ask if having High AND Low connected simultaneously would cause a proble, The answer was no, as you have separated levels the two can be used without having to unplug the low level cables when listening to Stereo source.
I have Rel booklet in front of me, and it says page 7 :
You can connect High and low simultaneously if you wishâ€¦
Two paragraph belows, it says â€œThe LFE input should be disconnected when playing CDs and other stereo source.
Let me tell you, I am bit confused...
So much confused that it goes to the real question.
My setup is preamp (5.1) and amp. I have the High levels plugged in the amp as shown in Fig2 of Rel's manual (OUT : two wire to ++ of L&R and the black wire to one of the -. IN : unbalanced), and a Y cable coming from the .1 output of my pre-amp.
When I play straight stereo (bypassing all electronics), donâ€™t ask me why, my 5 speakers are playingâ€¦ Unplugging the low input makes it stop. Is it normal ? any way to solve that and maintain pure stereo without having to plug unplug the low levels, as said by one of Relâ€™s rep ?
Overall I am really impressed by the sub sound, but I feel a little tricked as the one point I am facing now was the only one I have asked prior to buy.
If anyone could help or telle me "that's normal, you're tricked man, you gotta have to plug unplugged until death" I will :)
Regards, and thanks for any help

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Topic - REL STRATA III, Please HELP - Orpheo 06:04:53 11/02/02 (2)

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