What’s the purpose of the A/V receiver in this setup? Can you not achieve the same thing with two Sonos Amps?
What’s the purpose of the A/V receiver in this setup? Can you not achieve the same thing with two Sonos Amps?
AV Receiver will serve as a 5.1 in the living room for in ceiling & wall speakers.
OK, so you’re not going with a Sonos solution for the home theater.
In order to serve two zones with different data, you would need two Ports, or two Sonos Amps. Each Port/Amp is one ‘stream’ or source. The A/V receiver will need two separate inputs, one for each Port. Most people use a Tape Loop for this.
If it were me, I’d use the A/V receiver to drive the 5.1 set of speakers, with a single Port to supply the Sonos signal to those speakers through the receiver. I’d then use a separate Sonos Amp to drive the external patio speakers. You could then group the two Sonos devices together to get music in sync.