I Bought a RCA RT2870 home theater reciever hoping i could use it for a stereo....

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...Was i completely wrong??..? When i have parties at my house i LOVE the loud music, the bass, and was sick of borrowing my friends, so I bought a RT2870 Home theater system. What caught my eye was the 1,000 watt receiver, so i thought i could use it to buy a system like the 2 speaker system my friend had. His speakers were about 4' high and were loud with the receiver he had. The problem with mine is that it's a home theater receiver, not a stereo receiver, so i don't have all the inputs and controls a normal stereo receiver has. Is there anything i can buy as an "add on" to my home theater receiver that can give me these control. What would it be, and what speakers would give me what i want? I know this is alot, but if anyone can help me it'd be great.
 
I'm not sure if I understand what you are asking. All home theater receivers are capable of outputting in regular old stereo as well as decoding digital audio signals. You should have plenty of inputs and outputs for what you are trying to do. You might just have to connect a Cd player or whatever your music source is to one of the inputs that would normally be used for something else, like the VCR one.

From what I was able to find online, your receiver has connections for up to six audio sources and even front panel line-in and USB inputs. Did you buy it brand new? If not, I found a link to the manual here: http://www.1800customersupport.com/productdocuments/RT2870_RCA.pdf

You should be able to find what you need in there.
 
What controls would you want that it doesn't have? Bass, treble, volume, and balance are pretty standard for any kind of receiver. You would then hook up the speakers to the front outputs and select the stereo mode on the surround sound selector.

If you really want to go all out, you can get a subwoofer and set of surround satellites, and run it in the 5-channel stereo mode. I run a Klipsch KSW-12 powered subwoofer and Klipsch Quintet satellites (front and rear right and left, plus center channel). In the 5-channel stereo mode, it puts out all kinds of sound.

BTW - a receiver's power rating can be misleading. Just because it says it puts out 1000 watts doesn't make it superior to one that's rated at, say, 500 watts, but the power is measured differently (is it peak or continuous, is it RMS, into what impedance speakers, etc.).
 
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