kiddo Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Room A: 5.1 surround setup Room B: pair of ceiling speakers (bedroom) Room C: pair of ceiling speakers (patio) Two rooms makes sense with A and B speaker options on most receivers. But without using a 2nd system--how do you just use the speakers in the 3rd room?? I haven't seen a speaker choice as "A, B, C" on any receivers. Speaker switcher on the 'B speakers'?--seems cheezy. Please advise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 it does seem your only option is a switcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelstano Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 You either need to introduce a volume control in the area of each speaker, or a speaker selector near your receiver. In either case, you should get volume controls or a selector that protect(s) against low impedance. Niles, ADCOM, Russound, Paradigm, and others make such devises. Be careful of inexpensive products, as they just switch and don't protect. I have 7 Paradigm volume controls, which were discounted to about $45 each. I had an ADCOM 3-pair switcher that was about $100 new. Crutchfield offers Niles individual volume controls from $50 to $80, and selectors from $100 for a 4-pair on/off (no volume control), to $360 for a 6-pair with volume control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Kiddo, Check out the thread on 2 channel, whcih talks about the New sony digital receivers. The 5000 ES has 3 room/3av outputs (probably phrasing this wrong). Click on this link, and go to sony, then go look at the bottom right corner for the Sony AVR5000ES. Good Luck. http://www.reliableaudiovideo.com/soesst.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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