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I may have already asked this on here a while ago but I forget.

I have 5 speakers in my living room. Two side one center two rear. I also have 4 speakers outside. Currently only power the ones in the living room. Was thinking about finally getting a receiver to power two zones but have no idea what to get. I'm cheap and don't care about the best sound.
 
You can try one of these if all the speaker wires go to one area. It’s a splitter of sorts….you basically run all the speakers off the one unit and can select which speakers you want the sound to go to. I think you can run both sets of speakers at the same time too.



A ADWITS 2-Channel Speaker Switcher Selector Box with Terminal Claps 150W RMS per Channel, Black
https://a.co/d/cHE001a
 
ive been a Pioneer fan for a while but i see Denon recommended a lot

www.denon.com

AVR-X1700H - 7.2 Ch. 80W 8K AV Receiver with HEOS® Built-in | Denon - US

Denon
www.denon.com www.denon.com

I like wiring them in where they take all the hdmi inputs in and take the audio off before sending video to the tv. currently im not doing that though cause my receiver is ancient. ive got an optical audio cable from the tv back to the receiver.

just different options since i assume the setup has to pass the wife acceptance test
 
Denon, Yamaha, onkyo and others should all sell an av receiver that is advertised as 7.1. Right now you have 5.1. The two extra speakers in the other room would make it 7.1. I know Yamaha usually called it “zone a” and “zone b”). You could hook a 5.1 system up on zone 1, and then run two other room speakers on zone 2. So search for something with 2 zones. There are some systems that may advertise 7.1 but they are on a single zone, so check that it says it has zones. You may have luck on the used market. More and more newer av receivers just keep bumping up the numbers to 9 or 11+ speakers, so you could pick up a deal on a 7 speaker receiver.
 
Nomar06 said:
You can try one of these if all the speaker wires go to one area. It’s a splitter of sorts….you basically run all the speakers off the one unit and can select which speakers you want the sound to go to. I think you can run both sets of speakers at the same time too.



A ADWITS 2-Channel Speaker Switcher Selector Box with Terminal Claps 150W RMS per Channel, Black
https://a.co/d/cHE001a
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I want the ability to watch tv and play music outside at the same time so a dual zone receiver would be best. All the wires run to a closet In the hall though.
ethlar said:
ive been a Pioneer fan for a while but i see Denon recommended a lot

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I like wiring them in where they take all the hdmi inputs in and take the audio off before sending video to the tv. currently im not doing that though cause my receiver is ancient. ive got an optical audio cable from the tv back to the receiver.

just different options since i assume the setup has to pass the wife acceptance test
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I've got HDMI and optical running to my closet.
webby said:
Denon, Yamaha, onkyo and others should all sell an av receiver that is advertised as 7.1. Right now you have 5.1. The two extra speakers in the other room would make it 7.1. I know Yamaha usually called it “zone a” and “zone b”). You could hook a 5.1 system up on zone 1, and then run two other room speakers on zone 2. So search for something with 2 zones. There are some systems that may advertise 7.1 but they are on a single zone, so check that it says it has zones. You may have luck on the used market. More and more newer av receivers just keep bumping up the numbers to 9 or 11+ speakers, so you could pick up a deal on a 7 speaker receiver.
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Outside has 4 speakers. I assume I can power 4 on 2 channels?
 
looks like its about to rain. but its 80F.

neighbours house went up for sale, similar to ours just done up back yard. 1.15 million. bought our house for 550 4 years ago. wife really wants to sell and move to bc now.
 
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Janz3n said:
Outside has 4 speakers. I assume I can power 4 on 2 channels?
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Technically depends on the rated impedance of the speakers you have when wired together and the receiver you choose but theoretically yea just tie the speakers together on these 2 channel output for zone 2 should work

Since they’re all wired to a closet you could look at a sonos type system where you can zone and allocate the speakers. I’m not sure how many receivers will let you simultaneously watch tv and run sound to zone 2 from a different source
 
ethlar said:
Technically depends on the rated impedance of the speakers you have when wired together and the receiver you choose but theoretically yea just tie the speakers together on these 2 channel output for zone 2 should work

Since they’re all wired to a closet you could look at a sonos type system where you can zone and allocate the speakers. I’m not sure how many receivers will let you simultaneously watch tv and run sound to zone 2 from a different source
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i think ive read that most do allow you to power two rooms at the same time with different outputs. there are just so many to choose from. and they're so expensive. i wanna spend like $400-500 max.
 
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