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Thalwaar
Contributor I
May 19, 2014
Question

A/V Receiver with Sonos surround units

  • May 19, 2014
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Hi,

I am in the midst of building out a Home theatre setup and like many would like to reduce the number of wires in my living room.  I currently have a PRIMARE SPA 22 A/V receiver (http://www.primare.net/assets/_managed/cms/files/SPA22usermanual.pdf) and also a pair of JM Lab Focal front speakers both of which produce exceptional sound. I would like to know whether it is possible to use my existing 2 channel setup with the PRIMARE SPA 22 A/V receiver but introduce a centre channel and 2 rear surround channels all connected to the A/V receiver so that I can have the A/V receiver pushing the sound from a BluRay movie/player to the the Sonos components and the 2 Focal speakers.

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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    Oh right okay....so basically the setup would be just the playbar sub and 2 1's or 3's using the sonos connect ?
    Your playbar sub and 1's/3's would be a zone of Sonos. Then yes if you wanted to make your denon receiver in another room a Sonos unit then a connect hooked to it.
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    I'm assuming you are going to have your denon receiver in one room with a connect hooked to it. Then the playbar system hooked to a different TV playing surround for it. M The connect hooked to your existing speaker setup means you can play the same thing in both rooms.
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    No never said that. Why don't we start with this va hypotheticals. You currently have a denon 5.1 system with wired speakers. What are you trying to accomplish and what rooms do you want to be able to listen tonsonos music in?
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    matthewmoulding
    Contributor I
    April 26, 2015
    Yeah....basically my denon receiver is in my lounge currently and what I was hoping to do was use a connect and add the sonos speakers to it as a replacement for my current wired setup
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    if you want wireless surround it would be replacing your current system. That would mean taking the denon out of service and replacing with a playbar. The playbar does the surround decoding (but only Dolby digital so you need to look at your sources if that is going to work for you). A lot of considerations in replacing a current working 5.1 system. What is your TV. Does it pass did 5.1 though it's optical. What devices are currently Hooked to your denon receiver. A lot of things to look at.
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    Is there a reason you want to get rid of the wires your current setup has?
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    matthewmoulding
    Contributor I
    April 26, 2015
    Just wanted to go wireless really as it's less wires hanging around...I no Bose do a surround sound kit so that may be worth considering if it will work with my receiver
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    I dont know of anything that would make your current receiver power wireless speakers in a 5.1 system (certainly not bose). . Only way would be if it's a new denon with heos built in to it and then there may be chance denon heos speakers would do what you want (but I don't think so)
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    matthewmoulding
    Contributor I
    April 26, 2015
    Ok mate I may look into it.....thank you for your help though I appreciate it
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2015
    Just as a reminder. A connect hooked to your existing denon will allow it to play sonos music wirelessly from the Sonos app.
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