Hmmm...I do agree with you that front/rear fade isn't that important because rear is just for rear fill, and most SQ cars don't even have any rearfill so they don't draw the staging too far back. The reason though that I'd want 3 preouts, is because I want one to plug into my sub amp, then 2 separate into a 4 channel amp for components to use when watching a dvd for surround sound. Then I want to be able to unplug one set of RCA's from the 4 channel amp so that only the front's play when I'm just listening to music and have no passengers. Maybe if I had a splitter from the front out? I'm not quite sure of how I'd do this with only 2 sets of RCA outs.
Thanks for any help.