Denon 2312 zone 2 wattage out put

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6/6/12 at 8:49pm

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Gday all, im currently in the process of running the zone 2 of my denon to another amp (thats outside) and from that amp to 2 out door speakers) I like the idea of a seperate amp for volume ctrl without having to go inside.

My question is does zone 2 run the an individual wattage (ie. its a seperate chanel) or does it use power from the main zone and split it.

Anyone know?

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6/6/12 at 11:24pm

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i think it does...

better off using the preouts?

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6/7/12 at 7:17am

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If you are doing that for volume control only then just set up airplay and control it from your phone.

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6/7/12 at 6:03pm

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Good call in regard to the phone, but im a bit oldschool..lol

But my original Q in regard to zone 2 beeing a sep wattage chanel goes unanswered......

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6/7/12 at 6:18pm

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^^^

no, it is drawing from the same power supply...

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6/8/12 at 6:00am

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I think the OP is asking if when using the pre-outs, how does it effect Zone 1, correct OP?

I am not familiar with that AVR, but most AVRs that offer a Zone 2 pre-out, send an un-amplified signal. So if you have a 5.1 AVR at 100WPC and you use the zone 2 pre-outs there is no loss of WPC to the main 5.1 system, aka Zone 1.

Since the Zone 2 pre-outs are unamped, you are doing the right thing to run it to the second amp outside.

The real concern would be making sure that the run from the Zone 2 pre-outs is not too long, and that weather will not have a negative effect on the AVR.

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6/8/12 at 7:53pm

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TY, that makes sence. And the main AVR will be inside, the outside amp and speakers will be a 2nd hand, so if i get a year out of ill be happy. (will be undercover).

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6/8/12 at 7:55pm

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