Home theater purchase suggestions

[NashvilleSound]

I have a small tv area in the den that is connected to the kitchen. Its a long rectangular room with the kitchen on one end and the den on the other. The TV is about 7-8 feet in front of the couch. Then the kitchen is about 25 feet to the left of that and they currently have 2 speakers over the kitchen sink area because you can't hear the TV if you're doing dishes without having to turn it up so loud that you're blowing someone off of the couch unless you have those 2 extra speakers by the sink. They have an old Denon receiver and 4 bose speakers. They want to be able to use the speakers easily with regular TV, apple TV, DVD, and itunes on their phones with bluetooth connectivity. I need suggestions on what works well with the room setup and size and is very user friendly. This is for my 60+ year old parents home. They don't have an unlimited budget but I'm open to any suggestions. Thanks for your help.

 

[Drunkpenguin]

How are they using the speakers now? It sounds like you just need an AVR with A/B outputs that can be turned on or off. This is what I'm doing. I have speakers in my dining room that are hooked up to the same AVR as the livingroom. When we want extra sound in the dining room we just press a button on the remote to turn them on.

 

[NashvilleSound]

They just make sure the receiver is on and the sink speakers are on and they can hear through them whenever they can hear through the rest of the surround sound system. The point is they want a new system and if there’s something better/easy to use let me know

 

[2channel lover]

They just make sure the receiver is on and the sink speakers are on and they can hear through them whenever they can hear through the rest of the surround sound system. The point is they want a new system and if there’s something better/easy to use let me know

When you say they want a new system...do they want a new AVR? At least that's what it sounds like...something with Bluetooth, iPhone control apps, etc.

Just pick one with dual zone...the Denon AVRx3400H is a relatively low cost AVR with many of the modern bells and whistles.

 

[NashvilleSound]

ok thank you. They're trying to reduce the amount of wiring around the TV. Any wireless speaker system recs?

 

[Drunkpenguin]

The Denons have HEOS built into them which is their version of wireless multiroom audio. I have not played with that yet, but I think that would work for what you want maybe.

 

[NashvilleSound]

Ok thank you