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Can I use the line out Zone 2 on a receiver + all the classic speakers outputs?
Posted on 9/27/25 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 9/27/25 at 4:23 pm
Question in title. I’m looking at a 9 channel receiver to power my new home theater but I also want a zone 2. Going to an 11 channel is a nice cost increase.
If I can use the line out to a small sub receiver for my zone 2 that would be substantially cheaper to run outdoor speakers.
Is that possible or am I limited to 9 independent speakers period?
If I can use the line out to a small sub receiver for my zone 2 that would be substantially cheaper to run outdoor speakers.
Is that possible or am I limited to 9 independent speakers period?
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Posted on 9/27/25 at 7:54 pm to jlovel7
You can, but it won’t process 2 extra atmos channels or anything, just repeat two existing channels or maybe a second source. There used to be some demon units that would have pre-outs for 2-4 more processed channels.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 2:56 pm to Dallaswho
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You can, but it won’t process 2 extra atmos channels or anything, just repeat two existing channels or maybe a second source. There used to be some demon units that would have pre-outs for 2-4 more processed channels.
Understood. The plan is to have the following setup
FL | SW | C | SW | FR
FRL ATMS ATMS FRR
RL | SW | SW | RR
What I will likely do for the atmos speakers is run those through a splitter first and then double that up. So it doesn’t given 4 unique channels but still generally gives a broader overhead sound. Which I think is totally fine.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 6:27 pm to jlovel7
Not sure if any do that natively. The denon x3xxxH is I think 9.x but processes 11.x or 13.x and has pre-outs for those. Maybe it’s one-or the other or both amp and pre-amp both activated.
All I know is from looking maybe 3 years ago but we eventually decided to leave that room more formal so no home theatre.
Adding spacial channels doesn’t seem all that complicated so I’m guessing licensing gets exponentially expensive after 9 channels or something nefarious is going on.
All I know is from looking maybe 3 years ago but we eventually decided to leave that room more formal so no home theatre.
Adding spacial channels doesn’t seem all that complicated so I’m guessing licensing gets exponentially expensive after 9 channels or something nefarious is going on.
This post was edited on 9/28/25 at 6:29 pm
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