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bobv
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October 29, 2017
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Single Connect:AMP driving 6 Bose cube speakers, 2 Yamaha outdoor speakers and a subwoofer?

  • October 29, 2017
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I bought a house where the the downstairs is hardwired with 6 small (i.e. 3 double cube) Bose speakers inside and 2 Yamaha waterproof speakers on the deck. The speakers are driven by an old Pioneer AV receiver connected via an SS4 speaker selector with impedance protection. I have a Sonos Connect attached to the receiver to stream music on a hard disk attached to my router. I also have a CD player and a subwoofer connected to the receiver. I always play the same source on all 8 speakers and I’ve never had any problem playing all speakers at one time at a satisfactory volume through a single R/L pair of speaker outputs on the receiver. (Note this I don’t play surround material on this system - just basic stereo.)

I want to replace the Pioneer receiver because it's too big, clunky and complicated for the space and what I need it to do. I also need to replace the Sonos Connect because it's one of the first units made and fails intermittently, requiring frequent resets. I’m thinking of just getting a connect:AMP as I know it will allow me to connect the subwoofer and CD player. My questions are 1) Will it drive all 8 speakers at a reasonable volume (like the Pioneer) without triggering the impedance protection on the SS4 switch; and 2) is the sound decent? Note that the Bose speakers driven by the Pioneer sound WAY better than any of the various Sonos zone players I have in other locations. Any thoughts appreciated.
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    Kumar
    October 31, 2017
    That might be down to the way the analogue amp has a grip on the bass, or it could be that I prefer the warmth (distortion?) of a linear amp compared to the more sterile sound of the Class D.

    I will conclude this digression by agreeing that these are subjective things and in my case, I prefer what I term as the neutral sound of amps like the Connect Amp to those that colour the sound with warmth or with anything else. I prefer to use tone controls to then do the kind of colouring in that I prefer instead of living with a fixed colour provided by the amp maker.

    Where the play units are concerned, these of course are decidedly not neutral; it just so happens that I am quite happy with the colouring that Sonos has done to the ones I have extensively used, the play 1 units. And my reference for comparison is high end stereo amps with matched speakers.
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