Hello all,

I am a current 990 & 755 owner and am very pleased. I am currently considering how to upgrade my system and I am looking at the 997 closely.

My situation: I have a home theater in my livingroom (primary) but put a set of older 5 channel speakers outside on my patio for parties etc. Both sets of speaker wires terminate by my home theater equipment rack. I'm trying to find a good solution to power both sets of speakers (unlikely it would ever be simutaneously - but possible).

I was thinking a receiver with pre-outs.

But, now maybe with the 997 I could use the balanced outs to my 755 amp and the regular pre-outs to a separate amplifier.

What do you think?

Marcus