Moving to a new house in January. Budget is around $500-$750.
New house has 3 zones (family room 7 speakers <4 rears in ceiling>; pool area <2 ceiling speakers>, living room <2 ceiling speakers>, but I am looking for a 2 zone receiver (will use a speaker swicher for the two other areas).
Need a 7.1 system that has seperate speaker connections for zone 2. I don't mind it switching to 5.1 when the zone is active, but I don't want to loose 2 of the speakers for zone 2 hook-up (seems Onkyo's have no dedicated zone 2 hook-ups and instead use the rear center speakers).
Will be hooked up to DLP with HDMI. About 2-3 other items hooked up via HDMI (Cable/DVD)
Confused with the vast brands and options. Thanks for helping!
New house has 3 zones (family room 7 speakers <4 rears in ceiling>; pool area <2 ceiling speakers>, living room <2 ceiling speakers>, but I am looking for a 2 zone receiver (will use a speaker swicher for the two other areas).
Need a 7.1 system that has seperate speaker connections for zone 2. I don't mind it switching to 5.1 when the zone is active, but I don't want to loose 2 of the speakers for zone 2 hook-up (seems Onkyo's have no dedicated zone 2 hook-ups and instead use the rear center speakers).
Will be hooked up to DLP with HDMI. About 2-3 other items hooked up via HDMI (Cable/DVD)
Confused with the vast brands and options. Thanks for helping!
