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johnstbr

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#285768 16-May-2021 17:05
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Seeking advice for home theatre receiver for my holiday home. I recently purchased a house which has four ceiling speakers and two outside speakers.  I'm looking for a modestly price receiver that has:
1. 2 zones - large room and outside (two outside speakers)

 

2. Blue-tooth (wireless connection)  I want to to able to send Spotify to the system from my phone

 

3. Accommodates 4 ceiling speakers.  The speakers are scattered around a relatively large room (longe/dining/kitchen). The TV area is in the corner and has one speaker directly above it, the other three speakers make a square shape from the TV ceiling speaker in the corner (so doesn't seem optimal but I'm a novice). 

 

Sound will be for TV (streaming services etc) and for music from Spotify and for the radio but don't mind if that has to be streamed. Also I have an old DVD player which would be nice to hook-up too. 

 

I think I will add two bookshelf speakers to the TV area and probably a sub-woofer.

 

Any suggestions on what receiver to buy?  And any advice on how you would you set-up the speakers especially the four ceiling speakers? To complicate matters, if I was listening to the music or the radio I may be in a different area to when I'm watching TV.

 

Any other advice would be appreciated. Thanks.





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  #2717323 2-Jun-2021 14:41
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Hi did you get this sorted?

 

 




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  #2717338 2-Jun-2021 15:35
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Hadn’t seen this post previously, but a few things spring to mind...

I’d be interested in whether any ‘modestly priced’ receiver can deliver everything you seek - perhaps a more modular approach may be more likely to deliver this on a moderate budget?

Also, is it critical you use BT to stream music, as opposed to an alternative that would provide higher-quality audio plus not be dependent on a current BT connection to a device to stream (eg Google Cast, Spotify Connect etc)?

In regards to the four ceiling speakers - I assume by you mentioning you’re looking to separate speakers for the TV that you’re not also thinking of using any of these for TV audio as well? A layout like that sounds like they’re designed for background audio kinda use, so suggest they are best left for that - eg, drive these four plus the outside ones for background audio off the same amp.

Would you consider having the TV audio as a totally separate system? Could go with a decent-quality sound bar and sub for that, which means no external amplification required.

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