Minimum equipment required to connect and control audio in 3 different zones ?

I want to connect a home theatre and music equipment to 3 different zone speakers.


Wich equipment do I need to buy (amplifieres, receivers, remotes, etc)


Wich brands?


i want good quality but simplicity in connections


budget including Hometheatre : $3000-$6000Minimum equipment required to connect and control audio in 3 different zones ?
Is that budget for the whole 3 zones including speakers, cabling, receiver?





If you want 5.1 audio in more then one zone than you're kind of limited to either a Denon 5308 (close to $6K) or using several AVRs. That is if you want all zones to be independent. If you don't care about zone independence you could get a switch/matrix box (Gefen, Phoenix). There are other receivers that can do three zones, but they would all be stereo.





For a remote you would need a Logitech Harmony 890 or similar with radio frequency (RF) control. The 890 can be used in any room and comes with RF to infrared (IR) blasters.Minimum equipment required to connect and control audio in 3 different zones ?
Whoa.... with a budget like that, I'll come and do it for you!!





You can do it a lot cheaper than that!! Take this, as an example.





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I'm doing some remodeling right now and adding muti room audio to several rooms using just Cat 5e wiring %26amp; IR from just about any AV receiver (in my case Sony STR-5300ES). This gives me the cabability of turning the receiver on and tuning it from these other rooms.