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Receiver HELP!!!

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kdx221

Discussion Starter · May 20, 2021

I just completed the process of building a new house and need help figuring out what type of receiver I need. I have talked to a couple of local stereo guys and have gotten different answers. In my great room I have 3 front speakers, 2 rear, 4 overhead, and 2 subs. In the kitchen (open concept leading the great room) I have 2 ceiling speakers and I have 2 more outside speakers. I want to have all the great room speakers on when watching movies and then have to ability to have the other 2 kitchen speakers on when playing music. I'll also like to be able to turn the outside speakers on/off when playing music (off most of the time, but on when we are outside). I was told I could do this with a 9.2 receiver, a Sonos Port Streaming Media Player, and a Sonos 250W 2.1-Ch Amplifier. Others have said that the only way I can make this work is with a 13.2 receiver. Being that the price jumps drastically with the 13.2 I'd rather go with the 9.2. However, I don't want to buy a receiver that won't meet my needs.

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eriksells916

· #2 · May 20, 2021

@kdx221 Option 1. do 5.2.4 in the living room, use zone 2 preouts for the kitchen and zone 3 preouts for the patio. You just need two small external amps to drive those zones. This is the setup I was going to use in my old house that had the same 3 zones. I already had the small amps to power everything but I sold that home before getting the denon x6500.

option 2. I don't have sonos so not sure how it works, but do 5.2.4 in the living room, zone 2 preouts for the kitchen (with small amp) and then the sonos for zone 3. Either through zone 3 preouts or wirless, not sure? Someone with real world experience will need to chime in. I think there are some zone 3 solutions that could be wireless? Again don't have any real world experience with those.

Most boutique brands don't seem to have zone 3 preouts so off the top of my head, here are the newer receivers that can do 9 channels plus zone 2 and 3 (preouts).

Denon - x4500/4700/6500/6700/8500
Marantz - sr7013/7014/7015/8012/8015
Yamaha - a2080/3080
Pioneer elite sc704/904 or older 701/801/901 (if you can find them)

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Deaf-Forever

· #3 · May 20, 2021

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kdx221

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 21, 2021

eriksells916 said:
@kdx221 Option 1. do 5.2.4 in the living room, use zone 2 preouts for the kitchen and zone 3 preouts for the patio. You just need two small external amps to drive those zones. This is the setup I was going to use in my old house that had the same 3 zones. I already had the small amps to power everything but I sold that home before getting the denon x6500.

option 2. I don't have sonos so not sure how it works, but do 5.2.4 in the living room, zone 2 preouts for the kitchen (with small amp) and then the sonos for zone 3. Either through zone 3 preouts or wirless, not sure? Someone with real world experience will need to chime in. I think there are some zone 3 solutions that could be wireless? Again don't have any real world experience with those.

Most boutique brands don't seem to have zone 3 preouts so off the top of my head, here are the newer receivers that can do 9 channels plus zone 2 and 3 (preouts).

Denon - x4500/4700/6500/6700/8500
Marantz - sr7013/7014/7015/8012/8015
Yamaha - a2080/3080
Pioneer elite sc704/904 or older 701/801/901 (if you can find them)

Thanks for the info. I had been looking at the Denon x4500, 4700, and the Marantz 7015. Trying to wrap my head around wiring this. As I look at the back of the Marantz 7015 would I use the surround R to to one external amp and the surround L to go to the other external amp? Do you have an suggestions on small amps?

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eriksells916

· #5 · May 21, 2021

@kdx221 x4700 and sr7015 are cousins that share most of the of same components except hdam and analog inputs, which are found on the marantz. They usually come at a premium so if you need them the marantz is your receiver. If you do not need an extra hdmi or zone 3 preouts you could drop down to the sr6015 for much less. If you don't want or need hdam or the analog inputs the x4700 is an excellent choice.

Lots of choices for 2 channel amps, these are often recommended here.

SMSL SA50
Audiosource AMP100vs
Rockville rpa5
Dayton Audio apa102

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