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4. Now, I had the theater pre-wired for the following speakers:
Front R&L Ceiling
Front R&L Floor
Rear R&L Floor
Rear R&L Ceiling
Right Side - 2 Speakers
Left Side - 2 Speakers
Rear Center Ceiling
Front Center Speaker
Now, lets say I wanted to run all of those speakers? Obviously a reciever can't power all of those, at least in the $1k range. How does a power-amplifier work? I assume its a post-reciever setup? Does someone have a link to a FAQ or website that describes that setup? What power-amplifier would you recommend to power all of those speakers?
Thats a perfect setup for a 9.2
Having a 9.2 could be tricky as some have mentioned. You might be better equipped if you plan to run all those channel and stick to 6-8 ohm speaker which most receiver can do. As most media today do 5.1 and some 6.1 & 7.1 the other channels are emulated such as in Yamaha's presence channels. If I had a starting setup like yours I'd get one of these:
http://www.shopping.com/xGS-rxz9
http://www.yamaha.ca/av/Receivers/RXZ9.jsp
