JoeGibs
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I'm helping a friend setup his stereo and I don't know where to start with the receiver. This is going in his newly built garage, upstairs is a lounge/hangout/pool room, and the main level is the garage/workshop. He wants to be able to output video to the TV and switch to a projector for football games and movies. We're building a nice set of towers for upstairs, along with a subwoofer, and another set of speakers for the main level. A lot of receivers have the speaker channels listed as front and rear, but do the rears output the full sound? I'd be super upset if we got everything installed and the main level speakers running on the rear channel only output "rear surround" sound... if that makes sense? Basically we need two sets of speaker outputs that output full range sound. Preferably able to disable the main level speakers for watching movies, keeping the upstairs towers running.
We're wanting something with apple airplay, unless bluetooth would work from say 30 feet away. I'm not too familiar with the whole bluetooth technology, but i'm assuming it works similar to the airplay. If bluetooth can work from a decent distance, say from the back yard next to the garage up to the receiver in the lounge, I think we'd prefer that over airplay because airplay needs wireless internet to work, and if we can avoid having to install wireless out in the garage, that'd be nice.
The one that I found that looks like it fits all my requirements is the Sony STR-DN1050
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_158STN1050/Sony-STR-DN1050.html?tp=179
I don't know how to feel about Sony, so i'm open for suggestions. I don't know what brands are awesome and which ones to avoid like the plague
We're wanting something with apple airplay, unless bluetooth would work from say 30 feet away. I'm not too familiar with the whole bluetooth technology, but i'm assuming it works similar to the airplay. If bluetooth can work from a decent distance, say from the back yard next to the garage up to the receiver in the lounge, I think we'd prefer that over airplay because airplay needs wireless internet to work, and if we can avoid having to install wireless out in the garage, that'd be nice.
The one that I found that looks like it fits all my requirements is the Sony STR-DN1050
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_158STN1050/Sony-STR-DN1050.html?tp=179
I don't know how to feel about Sony, so i'm open for suggestions. I don't know what brands are awesome and which ones to avoid like the plague