Using 2 receivers together.

[ADAM808]

Hello folks.
I need to power all of my speakers in my house plus my 7.1 theater. With video aside from this, what are a couple of options?

This is what I have:
Two Denons Avr-5308ci and Avr-5800.
7.1 ch theater (livingroom), and 6 total channels (4 inside 2 outside house.)

All speakers are fairly large since I am able to power them with my Denons. Both receivers are 150 wpc and in perfect working order.

How should I hook these two receivers together to listen to all speakers simultaneously throughout the house while listening to music, baseball games, etc. I don't want to watch a movie and hear it outside through the 4 speakers though. Keep in mind, I do not have speaker control on the walls. All wire is ran direct to the speaker. (I don't want to open up walls or ceiling.

Please tell me the correct way to achieve this while utilizing the power of both these monster receivers together.

I am open to purchasing a 6 channel speaker selector or really whatever it takes. Well... that is no more large $5000.00 pieces.

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

You’ll probably want to use the 5308 as the primary receiver, as the 5800 had no HDMI inputs.

The million-dollar question is whether or not the 5803 will send signal from its HDMI inputs to the analog Zone 2 outputs. Not all AVRs will to this. I can’t tell from the manual if the 5803 will or not.

If the 5803 will send signal from HDMI to Zone 2, outputs then this is pretty easy. You can simply sent the Zone 2 outputs to an input on the 5800, and it can power your outdoor speakers.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[ADAM808]

You’ll probably want to use the 5308 as the primary receiver, as the 5800 had no HDMI inputs.

The million-dollar question is whether or not the 5803 will send signal from its HDMI inputs to the analog Zone 2 outputs. Not all AVRs will to this. I can’t tell from the manual if the 5803 will or not.

If the 5803 will send signal from HDMI to Zone 2, outputs then this is pretty easy. You can simply sent the Zone 2 outputs to an input on the 5800, and it can power your outdoor speakers.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Ok. Well thanks so far. I will look into this and let you know.

 

[lovinthehd]

The "ext.in" inputs on the 5800 would let the 5800 act as power amp (no further signal processing).

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

True, but you would then lose the 5800’s volume control capability. I guess the OP would have to determine if that’s an issue or not.

Sidebar, can the 5803 control its Zone 2-3 levels independently?

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[lovinthehd]

True, but you would then lose the 5800’s volume control capability. I guess the OP would have to determine if that’s an issue or not.

Sidebar, can the 5803 control its Zone 2-3 levels independently?

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Volume control would still work using ext.in, just not the dsp/sound modes.