Help! Multi rooms receiver

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LMCmissy

Audiophyte
Help! I am trying to find out about different receivers that will work with mutiple rooms. I am trying to have one receiver that will give me music in mutiple rooms(4). I want to find one that will give me the option to listent to different radio stations in different rooms, while watching a movie in another. I already have speakers installed in the ceiling of these multiple rooms If anyone can give me some ideas as to how I can achieve this It would be appreciated. Price is somewhat of a concern, but at this point I just need to know how to accomplish this. Thanks
 
Buckeyefan 1

Buckeyefan 1

Audioholic Ninja
LMCmissy said:
Help! I am trying to find out about different receivers that will work with mutiple rooms. I am trying to have one receiver that will give me music in mutiple rooms(4). I want to find one that will give me the option to listent to different radio stations in different rooms, while watching a movie in another. I already have speakers installed in the ceiling of these multiple rooms If anyone can give me some ideas as to how I can achieve this It would be appreciated. Price is somewhat of a concern, but at this point I just need to know how to accomplish this. Thanks
The Denon 3805 will provide three zones of control, and the new Denon 5805 can provide dual zone 5.1 surround, or a plethora of other options. Read the reviews:

www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/Denon-AVR3805_review01.php

www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/DenonAVR5805p1.php
As far as triple simultaneous zone control, you may need a separate preamp hooked through the pre-outs of your receiver. I don't think you can split the FM tuner stations to different zones simultaneously, either. Niles makes a 12 channel amp, but would require separate tuners and preamps for what you are looking to do.

www.nilesaudio.com/products/amps.html
 
BMXTRIX

BMXTRIX

Audioholic Warlord
You can't do exactly what you want with any single receiver by itself - except you can come really close with the Denon 5805 which is, as far as I know, the only 4 zone A/V receiver on the market.

Financially, it would make a lot more sense to use a product like the Sonance Navigator (www.sonance.com) or a similar multi-room solution from another audio/amp company. Then go with whatever receiver you want for your surround area and pick up a few extra sources - tuners, cd player, xm, etc. - that you can route to the main room as well as the other zones.

With the 5805 from Denon, you will have a monster of a main surround area with 5.1 and still have 5 channels of amplification left over that can do 2 rooms with stereo, one room with mono. But, for additional tuners beyond the one already built in, then you will still need a couple of tuners to run those zones independently.

Then of course, you have to figure out how you are going to turn on and control the sources from the remote rooms. The aforementioned Sonance Navigator system can do that for you, or you can get more high-tech and go with a Crestron system or something like that. I would have a hard time going with the 5805 just to feed multiple rooms when it is such a primo surround processor. I could see using it for 2 full surround rooms (theater/family room) that share the same sources.
 
av-man

av-man

Audioholic
look at Russound, Knoll, and ZON . They all offer multi room / multi source systems. You may have to call a local custom guy to get the gear.
 
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