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I will probably end up using an airport express with iTunes as my server. I will end up building a dedicated pc to run iTunes and this will host all my music. The airport express will hook into my receiver which will be setup through use of a switch to do 'whole house audio'. I was hoping there...

Thanks everyone. This has been extremely helpful. I think I am going to try and go with the switching method. This seems to be the best solution for me in my price range. I will look for a good receiver that has two zones. I will make zone1 my Home Theater and I will make the other zone go...

I am sure you know a lot more about this then I do. I am a pc /networking guy trying to figure out audio. So if you had trouble with it I have a feeling I would have the same trouble. So you do believe that I could use a selection switch and get my model done just without the impedance...

John I am confused because you say that I will need a distribution amp to do what I want. Where I am confused is that there are these speaker selection systems out there that seem to be exactly what I am looking for. They seem to allow you to select amongst multiple sets of speakers off of a...

OK. What I am gathering from everyone's postings is that the amount of speakers and rooms that I am trying to do is going to cost some big money for any decent quality. Maybe I need to go back to the drawing board a little. I really do not have a ton of money to be spending on this solution. I...

So in my setup this would act as my switch and I would still get a receiver to be my source. But if I am spending roughly $700 for this switch and probably another $400 for a receiver am I better looking at some of the receivers that are in the $1100-$1200 range which do this kind of multizone...

John From what I have scene the Niles stuff is incredible like the 4630 but out of my league in price. I don't fully follow your last post. Is what I am trying to do called distribution?

Interesting. Thanks for the info dave. There are a couple of those up on ebay still for around the same price as you got it for. I will wait and see as the auctions run out maybe I can pick one up cheap. am I able to take one of the two outputs and then connect another speaker switch (such...

John I appreciate all the help. Is having a couple of subzones within a zone to much to ask. So I wanted to run out of the receiver and split the wire to go to a couple of impedance sound controllers and then from there go to separate speakers. Or would using something like the Phoenix...

am I asking to much from the receiver? that is what i am trying to figure out.

I see all these streaming devices around which will allow me to stream my mp3 music from my computer to my receiver. They all seem to be a bit 'clunky' and not give the user a good interface into their mp3 music. I have all my music stored on an extrenal hard drive. Are there any devices out...

I see what you mean about advanced. It does say it there. The Yamaha seems to be about $100 cheapre than the Sony. How do they compare in sound quality? Would I be able to do this with these receivers? Again excuse my questions if they are obvious I am reading all this information and trying...

I am new to the world of audio. The yamaha 5890 seems to do everything I want except in specs does not say 3 zones. How are you getting a third zone using an external amp? My scenario that I would like to work is: zone 1: first floor - stereo sound zone 2: second floor - stereo sound...

I am looking at it now. Seems to be pretty good. Do I have the ability to control volume, source, anything from each room with the use of control panels?

I am looking for a decent receiver which has multizone/multisource capability. I am trying to find one that can do 3 zones for under $800. Does such a device exist? I am looking for decent sound out of this device. I can find a bunch of receivers that will do 2 zones and then I can find the...