Your reciever wont have the output required to drive that many speakers. A good amp will push all the speakers including your outdoor, which usally I run from Speakers B on reciever if not being used.

A good amp will provide enough Power, and what I mean by Power is when you shut the amp off it will still have enough power stored to keep all the speakers going for a good 10-20 sec.

A good multi zone amplifier will have separate amplifiers for each zone. That means you are not trying to divide the stereo amplification power among 11 pairs of speakers. For instance, one of my favorite multi zone receivers is the Niles ZR4630, or 'Gloria'. This has six zones, each zone with 30 watts per channel and a very smooth keypad control system. The power it delivers is clean. Remember the amplification is only part of the solution. Don't forget to choose good speakers, (read - efficient, flexible in placement, reliable). Your JVC receiver is only designed to drive one pair of speakers, when you try to drive more than two or three pairs, even with impendance magnifying, you will be disappointed in the sound you produce.

Ok,
Can you give me a model number of Russound that would be capable of driving 11 sets of speakers with the power that I need? I was looking at the CA series, but I can only find sets with 4 and 6 pairs of speaker outputs.

Thanks,
Mark

Ok,
Thanks Penny. That's the answer I was looking for.
I was unaware that there was an amp per zone in these units. I will look at the Niles unit. I was wondering about Niles anyways.

Thanks,
Mark

Actually there are twelve amps in the Gloria, two per zone of course, because we are powering stereo to each zone. This is their website : www.nilesaudio.com

By the way, the other cool thing about Gloria is that you could purchase two of them and connect them together to create twelve zones. Control and sources are then shared, but you get individual control and power in every one of your rooms.

Russound also makes a similar types of amps that does the same job.

[Link: russound.com]

Different music, in different rooms, for different people, sounds difficult? Not if you consider Russound Multi-Source / Multi-Zone products. The most flexible custom installations control a centrally located A/V system from other rooms in the home or office. At the very least, this includes the ability to select and distribute music from an audio source to any room in the house simultaneously and independently. Russound builds several Multi-Source / Multi-Zone products for all types of needs and price ranges. From the simple to complex, Russound provides a system for enhancing every lifestyle

[Link: russound.com]

Ok, So if I get one of the systems with 4 or 6 zones, will I be able to drive 11 sets of speakers with it, and will I need speaker selectors to control each room's speakers?

Thanks,
Mark

This depends a lot on your speakers. Choose models that do not require a great deal of power to create the volume level that you want. Outdoor speakers are facing a larger space to fill and generally do not like to share power with other speakers. Where the speakers that will be used only when giving a party that calls for background music at low volumes, such as a dining room, a front hallway, and so on, can easily share power of one zone. Keypads and volume controls are another issue that need to be addressed. You want to place them where you can easily access them, either directly or by remote control, and you need to make sure you can get wire to that location. For instance, if you want to use the speakers in the Master Bedroom, do you want to have the keypad on the wall beside the bed or on the wall as you enter the bedroom. If you are going to use a remote to control your music access, is the sensor for IR in the keypad, located in the ceiling, or are you planning on using an RF control?
So much to do when you want whole house music!

Oh man, Penny this is gonna be a challenge. But I got time. It will be more fun if I build it myself. I love this kind of stuff.

Thanks,
Mark

One of the best ways to design your system is to decide what you want to happen after it is installed. Where will you want to listen and to what you want to listen and how loud you want to listen. Pretend that the system is up and working and you want to change the volume or play a different song on your cd. This not only helps us to determine the right locations for your controls, it also dictates what products are needed to create "your personal whole house music system." So go ahead and write down all the things you want your system to do and how you want to control it, rating these things between 'must have' and 'would be nice'. With that list of needs and wants, we can get started on choosing the right equipment. Once we know the right equipment, you can start the purchasing process.
I am not in your area and do not have any plans to visit the west coast, so I might suggest that you take your list to a professional that sells the equipment in your area. Some companies choose to sell equipment even if you are a DIYer that wishes to install it all himself.

Actually Penny, I'm in South Carolina. What part of Fl are you in? I will write down my list and let you know what I come up with.

Thanks,
Mark

Sorry about that, I thought I was seeing So Cal in your profile. We work the east coast between Flagler County and Volusia County.