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Stereo Receiver Question
Posted on 7/7/20 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 7/7/20 at 1:03 pm
I bought a former display home which has ceiling speakers throughout the house but the stereo receiver was not left with the house. The wires that connected to the receiver are still on the shelf where the receiver sat. I'm not very knowledgeable about stereo receivers so I was hoping someone could suggest to me what type of receiver I need to purchase, such as what wattage and which one I would need to purchase that would be compatible with the already ran wires, which appear to be typical old style speaker wires.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 1:08 pm to tigersaint74
Speaker wire hasn't really changed. How many do you have?
Posted on 7/7/20 at 3:24 pm to tigersaint74
Yamaha 5.1 for under $300. Its their base model and will handle whatever is hooked up.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 4:26 pm to patnuh
If it's just a couple speakers and all you want to do is run those, just about any AVR you buy nowadays would be fine.
Brands most people would recommend will be Denon, Yamaha, Pioneer.
Brands most people would recommend will be Denon, Yamaha, Pioneer.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 8:08 am to tigersaint74
I believe what you mean is a home theater receiver that your looking for. Stereo would just be two speakers, left and right. Sounds like your home is wired for home theater. Are all the speaker wires labeled? If they aren't use a 9v battery to identify the speakers they go to and label them. If you have wires from different rooms that terminate in that one location, you would need a receiver with multiple zones. Remember, never hook up more than one speaker to one speaker jack on your receiver.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 8:18 am to patnuh
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Yamaha 5.1 for under $300. Its their base model and will handle whatever is hooked up.
Simply not true as stated. If he has speakers in a lot of rooms he will need at least an impedance matching speaker selector between the amp and the speakers or he will blow that Yamaha receiver up.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 11:40 am to VABuckeye
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Simply not true as stated. If he has speakers in a lot of rooms he will need at least an impedance matching speaker selector between the amp and the speakers or he will blow that Yamaha receiver up.
Fair point about the extra rooms, but I seriously doubt he will fry the receiver. Id bet over half the people installing some type of surround sound in their home have no idea what impedance is.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 1:18 pm to patnuh
Understood but he didn't say surround sound. He said speakers around the house. 
Posted on 7/9/20 at 5:31 pm to VABuckeye
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He said speakers around the house.
Good catch...I missed that. Definitely need more info in that case. Sounds like he's gonna need to drop more coin on the AVR to manage all that.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 8:19 pm to Korkstand
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Speaker wire hasn't really changed. How many do you have?
I have a total of 11 ceiling speakers in my house, 6 just in my living room.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:40 pm to tigersaint74
The 6 in the living room is most likely for surround sound.
The other 5. Is there one each in five rooms?
The other 5. Is there one each in five rooms?
Posted on 7/15/20 at 8:50 am to tigersaint74
will be watching this thread. Just recently purchased a house that was wire for whole house surround sound. I am illiterate when it comes to surround sound and things like that. I do know in my living room there are wires coming out of the wall and in the "media room" up stairs has wire as well. I am assuming I would need two receivers.
Posted on 7/15/20 at 4:57 pm to VABuckeye
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The other 5. Is there one each in five rooms?
5 in my living room, 2 in the master bedroom, 2 in the kitchen area, and 2 in the upstairs loft. Suggestions on a type of receiver to buy that would support that many speakers and have Bluetooth capability?
This post was edited on 7/15/20 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 7/15/20 at 10:23 pm to tigersaint74
I would buy a Denon AVR for the main zone and either a HEOS drive, which would give you an extra zone to expand, or 3 HEOS amps. You will have all the bells and whistles that make SONOS attractive, plus you will have a legit AVR for your living room. Don’t forget to add a sub.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 1:21 am to TigerWise
I’m going with a AVR-X6700H to power my living room and outdoor patio speakers. I have 5 Klipsch 5800 CII for my living room with one Klipsch 1000sw In wall and 4
Paradigm P80-RX Outdoor Weatherproof In-ceiling Speakers for my outside patio.
Paradigm P80-RX Outdoor Weatherproof In-ceiling Speakers for my outside patio.
This post was edited on 7/19/20 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 7/19/20 at 11:43 am to Rize
Gonna need an amp for that sub
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