Well, I decided to give up on using my Parasound HCA750A amp for 2nd zone audio. In addition to not getting the triggers to operate the way I wanted to, I could never get the sound in my 2nd zone to sound as good as it did with my very old school Pioneer receiver. Yeah, I know, sounds weird, but that old receiver really drives my zone 2 speakers pretty well.

So, using the Parasound and a pair of older Polk Audio M3II speakers I added back surround speakers to my home theater setup. I must say that I am VERY impressed with how going from a 5.1 setup to a 7.1 setup has improved the sound of my theater. WOW. I'm still playing around with all the different different surround formats but so far I'm REALLY impressed. (Maybe should move this to a new 990 thread....)

later,
simp