Help with multiple Zones of Speakers

HDMan

I just bought a house and it is pre wired with the speakers in the ceiling. It also has 2 speakers in the kitchen and two outside on the patio. I will have to add a center speaker and a sub to make it complete.

I'm in the market for a receiver that will allow to watch TV using my surround sound, while leaving the kitchen and patio speakers off, until I need them for out side events. I would like something with 3 zones, that way i can pick and choose which speakers I can listen to.

Thanks.

Loves2Watch

Either you will need a new expensive with 3 zones receiver or a simple speaker selector switch.

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Stew4HD

And, as I have learned, many of the multi-zone receivers do not pass much to the other zones.

I like your idea of a multi-zone switch!

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HDMan

Just got off the phone with a local place, he said the receiver I wanted would start arounf 700. Is that bad?

Stew4HD

Did he say what receiver it was that can do this?

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HDMan

He said it was a Denon. I will be passing by there this Saturday to see what he has to say in person.

Stew4HD

I am very curious to know which receiver he could be talking about.

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golfinbill

You may just actually need something with 2 zones...say one to watch TV/movie on and another to run mulitple speakers throughout the house. On that 2nd zone, you can connect an inexpensive speaker selector and run 3, 4, 5, etc..different speaker sets while at the same time utlizing zone 1 for your TV. Add volume controls at the speaker locations and you compete the task. You can buy a receiver capable of this for as little as 300.00...Onkyo SR606.

Stew4HD

I have done this with the receiver that comes with the HT-S6100. The only downside is that the B speakers only play from an analog source (Tuner, CD using composite connections). I ran that to an A/B switch with volume control to play music on the customers front porch and patio, depending on which set he chose (or both).

I am not sure which recievers play all sources to different zones. Some use line level outputs, but I suspect that the signal would be only analog.

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