Spongeworthy Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 OK, I'm helping a buddy pre-wire two 5.1 systems in his new house. One thing that he wants to do is to control his main HT and a pair of outdoor speakers from a single receiver. For example, wife watching TV inside and he wants to listen to music outside. Is this possible to do with one receiver with A and B speaker outputs and some type of 'Magic Box'? If so, what is this box and where do I get one? Thanks for any help you can provide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brac Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 This can be done a few different ways. speaker "a" and "b" won't give different sources. Lots of receivers and pre-amps have a "room 2 " output. Need to choose equitpment to match what you need it to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted May 11, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2008 Yes, he will need a receiver that has Multi-Source capability, Multi-Room or like my Onkyo TX-SR703 calls it Zone 2. With the Zone 2 function, you can enjoy one input source in the main room and a different input source in another room. What model receiver does he have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongeworthy Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Hey thanks for the replies. He has a 6 year old Yammy receiver. He is hesitant to pull the trigger on a new receiver. I have talked him into two Klipsch systems. He is dead set on a 58" plasma. His tab right now is at $7K. If that's what he needs to do, I'll inform him of that. Any recommendations on a nice dual source receiver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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