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Yes, you can most certainly do that and it will work perfectly fine.

You will have to set the Left Rear as a Second Master and use a "M5" cable to it. You can't use an S5.

Make sure when you are done you still only have one Controller.

All a Master is, is the one that chooses which Input to use based on it's Type. All Slaves always use D1.

Often a Master is also a Controller, the device receiving IR commands. So you want to double check who is controller. It's best to set all Controller states manually to avoid issues and not rely on Auto. Auto might get confuses with 2 Masters. Auto most often default to the Preamp as Controller, which is generally what you want because if a Speaker is Controller it will be limited on the advanced Preamp Functions (like a adjusting Trifield parameters).

If you don't have a 2nd M5 cable for the rear you can run the right Front Slave Comms Out to the Left Rear Comms In. You can use a Slave plus a Custom Female to Female Slave DIN (this is effectively a 2 Port 511 Patch) or make a Custom Cable.

I Go Left Front to Right Front to Center to (Female to Female 1 ft Patch Cable) to Left Rear to Right Rear. With one Master in the system. But I have done what you suggested before but I needed the 2nd Comms port on the Preamp for HD621.