Hi Everyone,

I would appreciate your input on whether I can achieve what I am trying to.

Background:  We did a big renovation 10+ years ago.  As part of that we had in-ceiling Bose speakers installed by our contractor.  One pair in the kitchen, one in the adjacent fmily room and a pair outside on our deck.

We elected to drive these via an Onkyo Surround sound receiver which allowed an A & B zone (generally because we wanted to select between music inside and/or the deck).

This worked ok once I fiddled with the surround levels (I know, I know).

However, we now mostly listen to music via digital sources which I couldn’t easily do with theAmp/Receiver.

So. . .

I bought a Sonos Amp and a Russound SDB-6.1 (which I realize now is more than I needed, 6 PAIRS, not 6 speakers).

I wired the Kitchen pair to Speaker 1 L & R on the SDB-6.1, the Fam Room to Speaker 2 L&R and the Deck to Speaker 6 L&R.

I then connected the SDB-6.1 Amp #1 connections L&R  to the banana plugs for the Left & Right Speaker inputs on the Sonos Amp and set up the Amp.

With the appropriate speakers clicked to the on position on the SDB-6.1 and each individual volume control set to max, this yielded sound from only one speaker in the Kitchen and one on the deck.  I get no sound from any of the others.  Changing the volume levels on the SDB-6.1 makes no difference (other than reducing the volume on the speakers that are active).

I feel like I am missing something basic (eg I should be plugging the SDB-6.1 into the RCA jacks on the Sonos Amp?) or am missing another piece of equipment to make the signal from the Amp distributable to all the speakers.

Any help is appreciated.