12 channel amp recommendations



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Originally Posted by swilliams22  /t/1466798/12-channel-amp-recommendations#post_23167369


To answer an earlier question that I missed, sorry.


Yes, each room has volume controls, do they need to be impendence matching if I'm using a multichannel amp to power each zone?

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No, they don't need to be as you're only connecting one speaker to each amp channel.


But with six zones, you really should look at a whole house audio system controller instead of just a multichannel amp. The limitation with individual volume controls is that they are set exactly where you last left them. So the next time you want to turn on one zone, you may have to visit the other five to turn them down/off first. Unless you get into the (ick!) habit of turning all of the controls down to zero when you're done with each zone. Although that is a good idea for any outdoor speakers in these types of setups. You don't want to turn on the system inside late at night only to find out you've been blasting the neighbors later...


At least with your AVR you have the ability to select sources from a mobile device, so that aspect is covered.


Jeff

I think that will be the next step in this set up, but I will build it up in the future.


Thanks for the good advice.


I have impendence matching already, but I can return them for a cheaper set up!


Thoughts on speakers at all?


I can get a decent deal on those deftech but I was looking at polk 70-rt set up.

Yeah, they are wired with just speaker wire.


I'm down with the amp set up for now, I like the idea of clean power to all of the speakers.


Yamaha told me it was best to use a separate amp from zone 2 and that it would eliminate risk of damaging the receiver.


I'm going to run with the deftech setup provided I get the right price.


Thanks for your input, ill update with results.