Recent content by turboman

I do not understand how putting a speaker switch outside of the Marantz would void the warranty. I originally did this when I had the PS Audio Sprout100 for two channel. I had an A/B switch for the main speakers and another for the sub woofers. In November I replaced the Sprout100 with a...

The fundamental problem you have is with the 11.1 selection (7.1.4 for Atmos). Choosing that will leave no other output for your external speakers. When you go through the Audyssey setup on the Marantz you will be assigning all the outputs to the surround speakers (fronts, center, rears, side...

I am going to have to look at the Marantz documentation to give a more informed answer to your question. My guess right now is I do not think you can do what you want to do as you have used up all the channels with the home theater (9 amplifiers and 2 RCA to external amplifiers). You want to...

I guess my confusion was your original post which said that wanted a 11.1 plus the additional zones. Typically the 11 means 11 speakers used at the same time in the same listening environment and the 1 means 1 sub. If you are actually going to have a 7.1 then you will only be using 7...

I also own the SR-7012 and have it set up as 7.2.4 which is 11 powered speakers and 2 subs. Since the 7012 only has 9 amplifiers I power the left and right front channels with PS Audio monoblocks M700. Although the 7012 has connectors for 11 speakers there are only 9 amplifiers. If you are...