Can anyone help me setup this type of system?!?!

[kortin]

Hi,

I would like to set up a new audio system at my home. However, being a newbie i'd like some help regarding what type of receiver i should buy.

I have a 5.1 system connected to my TV and DVD, and also 3 in-ceiling speakers in 3 different rooms. Assuming a receiver is needed (i'm not even sure about that), is it possible to have the DVD player (Samsung DVD-1080P9) as input for the media, and the 5.1 setup as well as the 3 other in-ceiling speakers as output?

My ideal is to have the 5.1 system work whenever i'm watching TV, but the other 3 speakers work (not necessarily simultaneously) whenever i'd like to listen to music.

Thanks for any help possible!

 

[adk highlander]

Hi,

I would like to set up a new audio system at my home. However, being a newbie i'd like some help regarding what type of receiver i should buy.

I have a 5.1 system connected to my TV and DVD, and also 3 in-ceiling speakers in 3 different rooms. Assuming a receiver is needed (i'm not even sure about that), is it possible to have the DVD player (Samsung DVD-1080P9) as input for the media, and the 5.1 setup as well as the 3 other in-ceiling speakers as output?

My ideal is to have the 5.1 system work whenever i'm watching TV, but the other 3 speakers work (not necessarily simultaneously) whenever i'd like to listen to music.

Thanks for any help possible!

Most mid level and up receivers will have a zone 2 option that may give you what you want.

A couple of questions:

1) Do you want to be able to turn off individual sets of speakers or have all of them on at once?

2) Do you want to control the volume separately in each room?

What I would suggest would be receiver from one of the following that has a zone 2 function; Denon/Onkyo/Yamaha/Marantz.

You will need an outboard amp to run that many pairs of speakers. Any decent 2 channel amp rated to 4 ohms will work.

An impedance matching speaker selector to turn on different sets in each room.

Any source you want to use will need to be hooked up using analog connections because zone 2 sources cannot use digital inputs.

 

[AVRat]

Any source you want to use will need to be hooked up using analog connections because zone 2 sources cannot use digital inputs.

Except for the Denons 2809/3310 and up that allow 2-ch PCM via digital coax/optical.