I apologize if this has been asked before, however I have searched and was unable to locate anything that answers my question.
I'm in the process of buying a new home and before I move in I want to wire it up for a whole home audio solution. I'm on a budget and would like to keep it on the cheap side if at all possible.
These are the requirements I have for the solution:
1) Have one source to be distributed to 3-4 rooms.
2) Control the volume independently in each room from a wall mounted control.
3) No need for multiple sources to be played simultaneously in different rooms.
4) No need for remote source control.
I was talking to a friend who seems to believe that if I picked up a 7.1 channel receiver that has an amplified second zone option I could run 5.1 surround sound for the living room, and then run my 3-4 other rooms all off of the second zone on the receiver. Will running 3 sets of speakers off of that second zone be possible without an external amplifier? I don't need something terribly loud, it's for casual listening.
Is this possible or am I missing something here?
Receiver Zone 2 -----> Russound Altx-2D ----> Kitchen
--------------------------> Russound Altx-2D ----> Living Room
--------------------------> Russound Altx-2D ----> Bedroom
I'm in the process of buying a new home and before I move in I want to wire it up for a whole home audio solution. I'm on a budget and would like to keep it on the cheap side if at all possible.
These are the requirements I have for the solution:
1) Have one source to be distributed to 3-4 rooms.
2) Control the volume independently in each room from a wall mounted control.
3) No need for multiple sources to be played simultaneously in different rooms.
4) No need for remote source control.
I was talking to a friend who seems to believe that if I picked up a 7.1 channel receiver that has an amplified second zone option I could run 5.1 surround sound for the living room, and then run my 3-4 other rooms all off of the second zone on the receiver. Will running 3 sets of speakers off of that second zone be possible without an external amplifier? I don't need something terribly loud, it's for casual listening.

Is this possible or am I missing something here?
Receiver Zone 2 -----> Russound Altx-2D ----> Kitchen
--------------------------> Russound Altx-2D ----> Living Room
--------------------------> Russound Altx-2D ----> Bedroom