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I believe you will be able to control zones and volume with an app enabled distribution box but controlling the sources with an app for an avr that is pre wifi app doesn't sound possible. I would think an ir set up with a remote control in each room may be the answer. The wifi ability of the...

Take a look at the article on this site that presents discussion about a blind test of receiver classes and types. Basically people, even golden ears, can't tell the difference. That unit is a heck of an avr. Does it have adequate air space to allow air to flow? The equivalent 'new' version...

Thanks, yes this will be mostly for background music and the audio from the main room tv through out the house/zones. The top floor of my house in the master bed and bath, both have hand 12' vaulted ceilings and so the vaults angle the speakers where I need the sound. I'll say the sound from...

As someone who is adding whole house audio to my current house, I will say to at least wire every room in the house you may ever need including any hallways for future needs. Don't skimp on the future wiring and rough in Cat wiring. Accomplishing this in an 'old' construction has to be easily...

The in-wall Monoprice 3 ways do not have the ability to aim either a woofer or tweeter. The less expensive 8" 2 ways in ceilings allow you to aim the tweeter however and the more expensive 8" 2 way in ceilings allow you to aim the woofer also. My completely disinterested wife said she would...

Hi all, so I'm at the point of cutting holes for the final room in my whole house audio project. Volume knob is in and wires are now run in the ceiling. It not a new construction so has been a huge pain to accomplish. Thus far I have Monoprice 8" round ceiling 2 way speakers in the upstairs...

Did you try Onboard (Pandora and the rest that are built in), HDMI and analog sources? The set up was really pretty straight forward. The only trick I encountered is that when using the ARC function on the 616, you have to do a one time soft reboot (unplug) the 616 and then sound will be...

I can say there isn't anything on that list I want or need.

For my multi zone system I'm installing I just ordered the Amazon.com: C&E Digital Fiber Optical(To slink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter: Electronics as well. I want to hear tv through out the house but of course you have to go very high end to get a built in DAC for zones 2 and 3 and...

I don't recall now. I'm talking about the rotor hat only on the rear rotors not on fronts. The big upsell for them was that they were made to not rust and had a nice coating of black paint material to assist even more with the not rusting. I looked today and one is really rusty while the...

I just had this same situation. I had planned to do a 3 zone install in my 6000 square foot house. The 5.1 tv location room is 12x22 with 20 foot ceilings with a 55" tv. Just the wiring and cables and cat5e alone were several hundred dollars due to the Headend being so far away from...

The 616 has the big fan too but the 515 didn't get it. I look at it like this...Onkyo has 40% of the market compared to the fractional shares of others. You are going to hear about a lot of issues, more on the cheaper 616, far fewer on the far more expensive 818. Too soon to tell on the 2013...

Well now there are different levels of Chinese made products. I have had the opposite experiences with many things that are Chinese. As mentioned above, all else equal, I prefer to spend less of my hard earned dollars versus more of my hard earned dollars. I have a bit of a silly example. To...

Are you familiar with economic principals such as trade imbalances, net exports etc? End of the day, Chinese goods are cheaper. I like to spend less money versus more money for the things I want all else equal. When I see made in America which is almost never, I know I will need to give more...

The new generation of receivers with wifi and decent control apps is such a massive step forward. The AVR apps can also control your tv via CEC. Of course the TV also has its own phone remote app as well. Instead of expensive control panels in each room, the volume control knobs are all you...

Thanks for both of the responses both of you. I believe these also have an adjustable tweeter as well. Good tip about mounting them upside down. It's against every fiber to install speakers, especially nice three way's, for the purpose of back ground, dinner discussion music but there would...

Hi all, I'm in the middle of installing whole house audio from scratch in my existing house. I'm at the point of attacking the dining room. Installation included impedance matching volume knobs and two speakers. I decided I'm really trying to avoid in ceiling speakers and have to deal with...

So I've got the NR616 and love it. I love all the features and it works perfectly but understand that it does indeed have arc. There were a lot of complaints about the 616 but understand that Onkyo has a 40% market share of the AVR market and so you are going to hear a whole lot more...

I just added some inceilings to my master suite as well. I ran about 100 feet of wire for each zone to each speaker from the head end on the main level. Placement took come consideration given the ceilings are 12 feet in the bathroom and bedroom. I installed impedance matching volume control...