"Presence" Speakers??

[Tall Dog]

Originally Posted by JamesN

Just to clarify: for the full-blown configuration you need 9 speakers (not counting the sub). In addition to front L/R, center, and side surrounds, you need a pair of rear surrounds and a pair of front presence speakers. (The flagship Yamahas call for an extra pair of rear surrounds!)

As previously stated, the front presence and rear surrounds share the same amp channels and can't play simultaneously. The receiver automatically selects which pair to use based on the source material: 5.1 = presence, 6.1 or 7.1 = rear surrounds.

For other sources, such as stereo, which pair is enabled depends on the particular sound field selected and whether you elect to assign precedence to the rears or the presence (user configurable).

I know it all sounds very complicated. Grab your favorite beverage and spend an evening reading the user's manual. It can explain it much better than I can, but if you do have any other questions I'd be happy to take a shot.

James

Thanks James and everyone, I think I'm going to give it a try. I'll post a review when I get it set up.