Thanks for this. Do you know if their SOURCE for Zone2 playback has discrete power? Ex: Yamaha (and Marantz for that matter) have discrete Zone2 ON and Zone2 OFF. However, Yamaha DOESN'T have discrete party mode so when you try to do Zone2 using party mode, you have to use a toggle power (basically turns Party Mode ON or OFF) to get there. This makes it so we need to use analog and tumorous HDMI extractors, DtoA converters, etc. to get all sources hooked up in Zone2.

Does Marantz have a discrete SOURCE ON and SOURCE OFF to be able to get Zone2 with HDMI-connected gear to turn on and off when it is supposed to?