Outdoor Setup Advice Needed

[stevefitz26]

I currently have a Denon 2307CI for my home theater.

Speakers consist of:
(2) rear in-ceiling speakers - HD-R65
(3) front in-wall speakers - HD-W65
(1) Powered Sub - HTD Level 2

My garage has (2) in-wall speakers - HD-W65

My backyard has (4) 100W rock speakers.

My questions is this. I am not sure how I should hook up my backyard speakers. My thoughts are to add a Marine quality tuner in my outdoor kitchenb to run my outdoor rock speakers and be able to use a remote. My garage speakers will continue to run off my Denon receiver with my home theater but on the "b" speakers. Ideally I would like to have all speakers running off the same receiver with the ability to control the (3) areas independently.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[bandphan]

id run the garage off the second zone powered by the denon, then add a amplifier for zone 3 like this http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/HomeEntertainment/AV-Receivers/EliteAmplifiers/ci.A-35R.Kuro?tab=B then you can have source control through the denon, and the one remote. Id suggest a universal like this http://universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=35 (model up is color and both wife friendly) with an rf base station like this http://universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=109 to give you freedom from pointing at the ir. You can always pick up a http://universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=128 as a dedicated zone remote. The package would be arournd 800-900 dollars, with tremendous convience and control.

 

[jcPanny]

Zone speakers

I agree with the above suggestions. Any amp with 100 Watts or more that is stable into 4 ohm would work well for the outdoor speakers. Audiosource makes some inexpensive ones and the Behringer A500 is also under $200.

I have one of the URC remotes and you can get a simple setup with the RF20 remote and RF basestation for about $75.