jpwilkin;604445 Wrote: > Thanks, Ralph. Yeah, one of the nice features of the avr-3802 is that > it has seven distinct amps, and you can take the two back surrounds to > separately power a second zone *while* running the 5.1 surround. > Before I had the Touch, I had a classic Squeezebox for five years (died > recently), and we ran both zones simultaneously. It was nice to be able > to have the kids watching a movie with surround sound while we could be > in other rooms listening to music powered by the same amp. No > overheating, no apparent straining. The only compromise was the fact > that the Denon doesn't allow you to use the digital inputs for those > two separated back channels--only analog. With the Touch, I thought > I'd explore this whole thing again.
Now things are starting to become a little clearer:) If you decide to hook up the Touch via the analog outputs then you should be aware that the Touch's DAC and analog output is much better sounding than that of the SB Classic. Looks like a win-win no matter which method you choose. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84979 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
