B Speaker or SB set up?

[motorcityssnake]

I have my FL and FR's going thru a Crown amp connected to the preouts of my Denon AVR 3805. I have my RL and RR connected to the "B" speaker out on the Denon. After reading some of the posts looking for info. I see that the speakers may be sharing the same amp. I am pretty sure that the SB/Zone 2/Zone 3 amp may be a totally seperate vacant amp. My RL and RR speaker, at this point, I would prefer to be more like a quad stereo set up since most of my time is spent on music listening than movies. I am just not sure how different the set up would be using the vacant amp would be improved? I tried setting it up thru the SB but didnt get anything out of it. Regardless the rears are Denon instructions seem to have been written by idiots for idots so there is not alot of real detail.....any suggestions? As far as my knowledge with audio I am still learning alot and can reason most of it but probably still classified as an idiot.

 

[Adam]

Hi. If you're just talking about two pairs of speakers, one of which is being powered by the Crown, then you aren't running both pairs off of the same amp. While the Denon might power both the "A" and "B" speakers from the same amp (I don't know if it does or not), you aren't using it's internal amp for your front speakers. If you want the front and rear speakers to play the same signal, you could just hook up your rear speakers to the "FRONT" R/L speaker connections on the Denon while keeping your front speakers hooked up like you have them (Denon pre-outs to the Crown amp).

 

[motorcityssnake]

Well, now that you mention, that is correct. I am planning on hooking up an older Hafler DH500 for the other two speakers... Would I split the front preouts or have to use the preouts for zone 2 or surround back/multi zone?

 

[motorcityssnake]

Anyone??? Any takers on the question?