How does 838 work w/All channels connected including 4 ATMOS height speakers? Allocate dynamically to any speaker but no more than 7 channels at once?
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The 838 would operate in 5.1 channel plus one pair ceiling or height speakers when operating in Atmos. I have 9 speakers connected, upgraded to Atmos, and threw on the latest Transformers bluray recorded in Atmos....absolutely blew me away, made a decent movie amazing. Everyone who has heard the Atmos has been amazed, certainly seems to use all available speakers. Google onkyodolbyatmos.com for more info. I absolutely love this receiver, though I do not fully understand how it works....it really works.
1073260
It works great. The clarity of sound per channel is superior. You won't be disappointed.
1073261
I actually contacted Onkyo about a similar thing. I want to run a 7.1.2 and use an amp with the RCA line out jacks. All I need to do is get an amp to power from the RCA jacks and I'm good to go. You should be able to run it with a rear pair and 4 atmos speakers, but something would have to be doubled up on the actually timing with the Dolby computing. It won't be a true 7.1.4...but you can run a true 7.1.2 with this system and an amp to power the additional speakers.
484396
Yes all 8 when set to the same channel will work together. I have confirmed this
826208
You have to either split one sub channel, or, preferably, use subs with line pass through capability. SVS SB13-Ultra comes to mind. This receiver sounds great. I returned a Denon x4000 and this is way better. It even sounds better than my Crown studio amps. And the room correction is way better than Audyssey Platinum's XT32 features.
1602893
That never seem to present as a problem. The 4 wires represent 2 pair (+,-) for left and right channels, and I just wired it to the same external speakers in parallel I have with my sound system. I have found the same result if I had wired an amplified subwoofer to my outputs either through the dedicated subwoofer channels, or tap into the speakers themselves.
361540
I'm in the same boat but my solution may not fit your situation. I'm looking to build a 5.1.2, 5.1.4, or 7.1.2 Atmos system. Note that I have not yet purchased speakers. One option I'm exploring is to use a pair of SHK-410 Atmos speakers on top of a pair of the 4800 towers, plus a center, surrounds and either 2 more atmos or two more surrounds. I asked Onkyo USA tech for advice. They recommended the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker system, along with the SKH-410 Atmos enabled speakers. I may still do that though. Buy these and what they recommended, then sell off the "tall boy" towers from the set. I'm in the same boat but my solution may not fit your situation. I'm looking to build a 5.1.2, 5.1.4, or 7.1.2 Atmos system. Note that I have not yet purchased speakers. One option I'm exploring is to use a pair of SHK-410 Atmos speakers on top of a pair of the 4800 towers, plus a center, surrounds and either 2 more atmos or two more surrounds. I asked Onkyo USA tech for advice. They recommended the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker system, along with the SKH-410 Atmos enabled speakers. I may still do that though. Buy these and what they recommended, then sell off the "tall boy" towers from... » Read More I'm in the same boat but my solution may not fit your situation. I'm looking to build a 5.1.2, 5.1.4, or 7.1.2 Atmos system. Note that I have not yet purchased speakers. One option I'm exploring is to use a pair of SHK-410 Atmos speakers on top of a pair of the 4800 towers, plus a center, surrounds and either 2 more atmos or two more surrounds. I asked Onkyo USA tech for advice. They recommended the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker system, along with the SKH-410 Atmos enabled speakers. I may still do that though. Buy these and what they recommended, then sell off the "tall boy" towers from the set. « Show Less
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The receiver is perfectly capable of using only 4 speakers. Thr results depend a lot of room placement and speaker imaging for getting away without a center channel. I ran the setup and it recognized on the firdt sound sweep with the microphone that there was no center and automatically adjusted accordingly.
1564116
there are no additional zone inputs, you can select the 6 and 7th channel as a 2nd zone amp 2 channel but this is not a multi room receiver, you don't "input" you output additional zones, you need a receiver or multi zone amplifier that will power a pair of speakers in the 3 rooms in your home other marantz models can do this. and there are many multi zone systems out there as well
1562597
You can only have 2 decks total connected at once. Because there are only two ins and two outs for decks. (Main in and out on the front is not for decks) For what you are describing you want the Audio 10.
1010116
i have a somewhat similar setup to yours. initially i thought my audigy zs sound card had optical out, but after some research, it was just a plain ol' 3.5 digital output and a adapter like this one was necessary. it works. plugs coax to the z5500. good for sending out a separate dolby digital/dts stream to the speakers for decoding.
839161
There are pre-outs on the back for all 11 channels. You connect the external amplifier using RCA cables (I recommend Blue Jeans Cables interconnects for cost/performance and you can have them made to the lengths you need), then go into Setup and under Speaker Setup, enable 11.1 playback. That should give you the discrete width channel output to the amplifier. You can run the other 9 channels directly off of the AVR. That said, given the power capabilities of most AVRs, I strongly recommend a good 3-channel amp to power the left, right and center channels, since they get the most sound. I know that Onkyo claims 135w+ per channel, but I promise you an external amp for those three channels will sound SO much better than just running them off the AVR alone. I'm using an Emotiva XPA-3 (which is fair quality gear on the relative cheap) to drive my towers and center and couldn't be happier with the results.
290790
curious if you figured this out...i just remodeled my house and ran speaker wire in 3 different locations that I would like to control from one unit and have the ability to listen to 1 room, 2 or all 3
1602892
I use a Russound SDB 4.1 that can distribute input from an amplifier to 4 pairs of speakers. I have one pair of speakers in my living room, two pairs of satellites and the Sub 10 on my patio. Using the Russound speaker distribution box allows me to wire the Sub 10 as if it were a pair of 8ohm speakers.
1301436
Correct. When you put it into 11-channel mode the amplified "front wide" outputs are disabled. To get all 11 at once you need to hook an external 2-channel amp to the front wide pre-outs. See page 14 in the manual.
527989
Try this On your remote down toward the bottom find the "surround" button. Click over till your screen shows "Multi Channel Stereo" that is the setting I put it on for all speakers to work.
31131
The 1523 has a mode "7.1ch + Speaker B" which you can select during setup which allows you to then select either (1) the A speakers, or (2) the B speakers, or (3) both A and B speakers at the same time or (4) all speakers off. So that makes the answer to the first part of the question "yes". There are several other modes available during setup, but whatever you do, this receiver by itself cannot drive more than 9 speakers at the same time. The rear panel has 11 physical connections, so there are always at least two of those that do not have sound.
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Hi, I purchased this amp for a two channel configuration, and I am very happy with the results; it has much more power and more fidelity than an integrated receiver. I think that maybe you only have to configure your system to provide the same power level to all the speakers; if not, the front speakers will sound louder than the rest. Regards.
1693280
That would work fine. Just set them all on the same channel and they will all be connected.