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New member Username: BuggPost Number: 1 Registered: Oct-09 | Hey All, New to this home audio thing, just got an amazing system, total of 13 speakers, http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rtia/index.php?s=rtia7 http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rtia/index.php?s=csia6 (2 pair) http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rtia/index.php?s=fxia6 2 http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/psw/index.php?s=psw125 (2 pair) http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/atrium/index.php#atrium50 Here's wherei'm having my dilemma. I want to put the floor standing speakers both sub the center speaker and all 4 surrounds in one room, that would be for the game system, dvd player, t.v.. I want to put two of the outdoor speakers in my bathroom for the Mrs. when she's showering and two outside for when we have company or we're just outside enjoyin the california weather. I want everything to be on one source. I want the speakers in the the bathrooom and outside to only play the radio and cd's, while the other speakers will play the radio, tv, game, etc. Is this possible, please let me know what would be needed. Please keep in mind that i have nothing, no source unit, no receiver, nothing but speakers, please get me goin in the right direction |
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Silver Member Username: JrbayLivonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 881 Registered: Feb-08 | Greetings, There are two ways to go about this by either buying a single 7.1 two zone receiver using an impedance matching speaker selector and local volume controls for zone two, or, as I would suggest, two receivers with the first being a 7.1 receiver for the theater with zone 2 pre outs (as an example the Onkyo TX-SR707) with a stereo receiver (such as the Onkyo TX-8555) to run the rest of the house speakers off an impedance matching speaker selector switch and local volume controls. There are many advantages to having two separate units especially since you mention the bathroom speakers. If they are to be used in the morning for listening to the radio there wouldn't be anything much easier than powering up the stereo receiver, setting the input to tuner and making sure that the outside speakers are off using the speaker selector. Another consideration is the idea that you have more than one pair of speakers for your planned zone 2. There are a few more issues to think about but this ought to get you started! Hope it helps |
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New member Username: BuggPost Number: 2 Registered: Oct-09 | Do they make 3-zone receivers, would that be an option? |
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New member Username: BuggPost Number: 3 Registered: Oct-09 | would http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=22286 do what i'm looking to do? |
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Silver Member Username: JrbayLivonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 882 Registered: Feb-08 | Not by itself. From the web site you gave a link to: # Multi-Source/Multi-Zone (*Uses REC OUT): 2S/2Z # Pre-amp Outputs for Multi-Zone # High Pass Filter for Multi-Zone Outputs # Multi-Zone Pre-Amp Outputs -- Selectable Output Levels # Discrete Remote Power On/Off, Source Selection and Volume for Main and Second/Third* Zones All this means that you would need a second receiver connected from the REC OUT of the Denon to power the rest of the house speakers. You can also see by the picture of the back panel that there are no speaker terminals for multi room speakers: http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/4927.asp?ProductName=AVR-890%3A+7.1+CH+A %2FV+Home+Theater+Multi-Source%2FMulti-Zone+Receiver# BTW- with a secondary stereo receiver such as the Denon DRA-297 or DRA-37 they each have a speaker A and speaker B switch so that you would not need a speaker selector. |
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New member Username: BuggPost Number: 4 Registered: Oct-09 | Okay, with a budget of $500 what would be the best options to get this going the right way |
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Silver Member Username: JrbayLivonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 883 Registered: Feb-08 | If it were me, keeping in mind that I have a rather strong mania for this stuff, I would buy the Denon you specified and set up your theater then wait until you can afford the $300.00 secondary receiver to add the rest of the house to the mix! |
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New member Username: BuggPost Number: 5 Registered: Oct-09 | So pretty much do 2 different receivers one for the room and the other for the speakers in the bathroom and outside? Would there be away that i could link the 2 receivers together; one being a 7.1 and the other a regular stereo receiver, so when i play music on the main system it plays through the rest? |
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Silver Member Username: JrbayLivonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 884 Registered: Feb-08 | Yes, an RCA patch cable from the theater receiver to the stereo receiver will handle that for you, if you connect an iPod dock, satellite receiver, CD player or the like to the stereo receiver to listen to in the bathroom and outside you could also run a second RCA patch from the stereo receiver back to the theater receiver to listen to any of that material in the theater. Make sense? |
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New member Username: BuggPost Number: 6 Registered: Oct-09 | Tons of sense, thx a milli |