Pioneer SC-65 9.2-Channel Network Ready AV Receiver (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

this was a requested purchase for by boyfriend for his birthday he absolutely loves it he found this to be the only receiver that would do some of the functionality that he needed in doing research he found it is a very odd problem that apparently all receivers with multi-zone capabilities have from what he read all multi-zone receivers can't play hdmi sources to the zone 2 and 3 speakers you can send the hdmi source to zone four but zone four is an hdmi output and will not play through the speakers zone four requires its own amplification he solved the problem only for the apple tv by ordering a dollar 20.30 optical to analog converter to connect the apple tv to the receiver two connections hdmi for video and analog for audio we are very happy with it after just buying a home with a home theater slash media room i dove into the uncharted waters of audiophilia i learned a lot and the mo