Long time lurker, new member.
Have what I believe is a straightforward requirement, but can't get a clear answer if the 4520 handles its preamp mode differently than my 4311, with which I'm very pleased overall.
I wish to use my 4311's or a 4520's internal amps to power FL/C/FR and its preamp out for a different 'zone'.
The FL/C/FR and preamp 'zones' use different sources and will not run concurrently, and I wish to turn the Denon's internal amps off when using the preamp and external amp.
My 4311 doesn't have this capability and I'm curious if the 4520 does?
btw, the FL/FR are Studio 60 v5's; great shootout. Thank you.
I'm running a bit thin on the ground here as I tend not to use the zones on the 4520 but from what I remember the situation is as follows
If you plug anything into a pre-out then the main amp for that channel is muted, someone correct me if I am wrong.
The zones on the 4520 are switchable on and off from the remote, select the zone required (top left button) and switch on or off with that zone selected and whilst it is selected the remote controls the various functions for that zone eg volume etc.
The sources can be selected from the front panel control but are, if memory serves me right, limited depending bythe source mode whether digital, analogue, HDMI or off the internet. I can't remember the exact configuration but as far as I can remember Zone 2 is a low level output from the pre-out, Zone 3 can have any spare amplifier(s) allocated to it and Zone 4 has an HDMI output. There are other functions like being able to drive another AVR using digital or analogue using a different source on the 4520 from which the main zone is set for example CD sound to the other AVR whilst listening to TV sound from the 4520 and there are other features. I have not spent much time on this side of the AVR so some of the information above may be incorrect. The AVR manual is available as a download from the Denon site and may give a better insight into the various zone options, but be warned it is not the easiest manual in the world to read:yikes:
The other thing is I don't know if the 4520 is still available any more and you may have to look at the 6200 or 7200 but I understand they are a bit more flexible with regard to zone source allocation and conversion from one format to another
Treat all the above with a little bit of caution it is in the ballpark but may not be completely accurate check out the main details from the 4520 manual which can be downloaded here
https://usa.denon.com/us/downloads/manuals-and-downloads although not easy to go through should give you a good idea of what you can and cannot do, it is quite a large download around 30Mb or more.
Mine is the European model and again from memory there are some differences from the North American model the differences in both cases are all desirable but we don't get em all :frown: