<font color='#000000'>I'm putting together a new system for a condo that I am moving into. There are 5 zones that I am trying to put music into. One of the zones is going to be a home theater, and the remaining 4 will have a pair of speakers in them for ambient music. Total system price is restricted to $12-15K. Currently, I am counting on $5-6K for a plasma or lcd tv, and about $2k for install of components, although that may be less if I decide to do some of the build up myself.
My primary question is how to power all of this. I'm thinking about the Yamaha RX-V2400 or the Denon AVR-3805 to power the home theater, and one of the other zones, and then finding a seperate 3 zone stereo receiver. Does anyone have a better, more efficient way to power all of this??
Additionally, I'm looking for speaker suggestions for each of these systems. I have a pair of Energy C-1's in an existing system that I have been extremely happy with and am considering moving up to the Veritas line, or perhaps a paradigm system. Total budget for these speakers (in 5.1 configuration) is about $2K. And I plan on spending about $500 for each of the other pairs, and am looking for in wall speaker suggestions.
Any help that anyone would be willing to provide would be extremely appreciated. And if anyone knows of shops in the Boston area that they know and trust, that would be appreciated as well.
Thanks so much,
Matt</font>