Help with a/v receiver - recommendations?

[cdostrom]

Well, I finally am getting around to my basement media space. I had some Kef 107 reference as the mains with their center channel a couple of houses ago but I would like to go entirely in wall or hanging on the wall. Therefore, I have put some speakercraft mt8 fours on the main floor and starlight 6s as the mains in the theater. I anticipate putting in rear surround speakers in the ceiling. My question is what a/v receiver would everyone recommend? I have 4 zones with only the theater using the video sources.

Currently installed
Mitsubishi HC5000 projector
Stewart Filmscreen Luxus Model A 123"
Speakercraft Starlight 6 (main L+R)
Bang&Olufsen 2500
Rotel 6 Channel Power Amp RB-976MK2

 

[zumbo]

4 zone Denon. Pretty expensive:
http://usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/3157.asp

This looks like a pretty neat piece of equipment.
http://www.integrahometheater.com/model.cfm?m=MZA-4.7&class=MultiZone&p=i

Niles:
http://www.nilesaudio.com/product_detail.php?recordID=Multizone Receiver&categoryID=Multizone Products&catcdID=2

 

[cdostrom]

Thankyou

Does anyone have a recommendation on how to bi-amp the front speakers? Is there only one way?

 

[Nick250]

My suggestion is to not get involved in bi amping, it very tricky proposition from all that I have read and hard to get right. If it were me I would buy buy a single amp, (or amps) that have the power requirements I would want. What is your total amp/receiver budget and how much power do you think you need?

Nick

 

[cdostrom]

Well, I heard the Speakercraft Starlet 6s and the sound was incredible so I bought them. I originally thought that I would get the Denon 5805 MKII and leverage that beast for them and the rest of the theater system... but cost is rearing its head (the couch that would fit the room perfectly is "on sale" at the MSRP of the Denon). That said, I want to spend 5k or less on the amp/receiver. I also still need to select a 1080P source for the projector.

Craig

 

[jcPanny]

Multizone system

You might consider buying a Yamaha RX-V2700 or Denon 4306 for the main HT and a couple of the Behringer A500 amps ($180 each) to power the remote zone speakers. These receivers have a Zone 2 and Zone 3 output.

Something more sophistocated like a niles or russound distribution amp ($1k) would allow you to have keypads in each room ($100 each) and allow each zone to independently select any source.