Receiver Noob

[peebis]

You guys and gals have been amazing helping me from external hardrives to tvs and monitors. Now i need help again. I have those "in ceiling surround sound speakers" i say it in "" cause i dont think its real surround sound, but whatever. I have 5 speakers and a sub in my family room. Then i have 2 speakers on my patio. Its all wired and good to go. I just am having a hard time finding a normal receiver. Nothing fancy but not lame. Budget bout 300 to 500 US dollars. From what i read i need a 7.1 receiver with 2 zones. One zone with the 5 speakers and one with 2... makes sense. But some receievers are 7.1 in just one zone. Makes me confused ya know? Any suggestions? I keep running into dennon... never heard of em though. Guy at best buy.. knew less than i did.thank you again ltt forums

[vong]

39 minutes ago, peebis said:

You guys and gals have been amazing helping me from external hardrives to tvs and monitors. Now i need help again. I have those "in ceiling surround sound speakers" i say it in "" cause i dont think its real surround sound, but whatever. I have 5 speakers and a sub in my family room. Then i have 2 speakers on my patio. Its all wired and good to go. I just am having a hard time finding a normal receiver. Nothing fancy but not lame. Budget bout 300 to 500 US dollars. From what i read i need a 7.1 receiver with 2 zones. One zone with the 5 speakers and one with 2... makes sense. But some receievers are 7.1 in just one zone. Makes me confused ya know? Any suggestions? I keep running into dennon... never heard of em though. Guy at best buy.. knew less than i did.thank you again ltt forums

Can't recommend any but Denon is a very good brand.

[johnny5c]

I've owned a few Denon receivers and they're one of the best brands.  I just bought a AVR-S720W to replace a older model and have the same speaker configuration as you, 5.1 surround in the master bedroom with 2 channel stereo in the master bath.  Not only does it sound great but it's really easy to setup and use plus has HDMI 2.0 with full HDR support.  It's a 7.2 channel receiver and the two back channels can be assigned to a second zone, I'm sitting here watching TV with full surround and my wife is in the bathroom listening to SiriusXM. 

 

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