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A/V Receiver with Sonos surround units

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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.

Thanks,
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dj_r

Lyricist I

I believe this user is trying to do what I am trying as well.

I have a complete system and I want to be able to stream audio (music, cable tv, dvd, etc) from my current AV receiver to a sonos device (in my situation a connect amp).

Is there something I can hook my current AV receiver into that will stream that out put to my sonos devices? My assumption was that you would have a sonos device with an AV input that would then stream that input to the sonos network.

ratty

I have a complete system and I want to be able to stream audio (music, cable tv, dvd, etc) from my current AV receiver to a sonos device (in my situation a connect amp).

Can you run an RCA cable from your AVR to the CONNECT:AMP? It does have a Line-In.

Is there something I can hook my current AV receiver into that will stream that out put to my sonos devices? My assumption was that you would have a sonos device with an AV input that would then stream that input to the sonos network.

There's the CONNECT. As well as offering a Line-In it is of course a Sonos Player, so could stream content to your receiver as well.

If you simply need to get an audio feed wirelessly from the AVR to the CONNECT:AMP, check out Audioengine.

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dj_r

Lyricist I

Can you run an RCA cable from your AVR to the CONNECT:AMP? It does have a Line-In.

AVR is in the living room while the connect amp is in the garage. Running a cable kind of defeats the point.

If you simply need to get an audio feed wirelessly from the AVR to the CONNECT:AMP, check out Audioengine.

This exactly. Looking at audio engine, it seems to be a different Sonos like company. Am I missing something?

ratty

This exactly. Looking at audio engine, it seems to be a different Sonos like company. Am I missing something?

Audioengine are more of a complementary outfit. I was thinking of their W3 Wireless Audio Adapter, as a means to pipe lossless audio from AVR to CONNECT:AMP wirelessly, assuming you didn't want a CONNECT.

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stubelcher

Lyricist II

You can turn your Denon AV receiver into a Sonos full unit by hooking a Sonos Connect to your AV receiver. This allows you to play Sonos music on your existing Denon system. It will also allow you to play existing equipment hooked to your AV receiver (such as CD player, TV, DVD, etc.) through any wireless Sonos speakers in your house.

Note: What you can't do is put some wireless Sonos speakers in place like rears and have them syncd up as surround speakers from your Denon. There is only 1 way to have home theater sound through the wireless speakers and that is the Playbar front (3s or 1s rears). Without this setup wireless speakers will just be stereo speakers outputting sound sent to them.

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markbuilding20

Lyricist III

Hi Community, interesting thread, I am however looking to embark on the Sonos journey and what I am looking at is similar to the OP. I have a Smart TV running all things Kodi, Spotify and live TV with PVR capabilities and an Xbox One console. What I am looking to do is introduce an AV receiver which will allow me to feed all the above into and then compliment them with a Sonos 5.1 Home Theatre bundle. I would like to position the playbar under my TV, then 2 Play 3 speakers around the room and if possible 2 smaller Play 1 speakers for additional surround sound. I have not decided on any specific brand receiver, but I need something that works well sound wise, is not too heavy on the wallet and allows for expansion, ideally it will have all the wireless connectivity such as DLNA, Bluetooth, airplay (a bonus)

Can someone advise if this is possible and any recommendations for the receiver and what I would need?

Thanks again

Mark

ratty

I would like to position the playbar under my TV, then 2 Play 3 speakers around the room and if possible 2 smaller Play 1 speakers for additional surround sound

Not possible. Only one pair of speakers (and a SUB) can be bonded with the PLAYBAR, as surrounds.

In theory you could set up an additional pair as a separate 'room' and group them with the PLAYBAR, but they wouldn't play in sync for TV sound.

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markbuilding20

Lyricist III

Hi Ratty, thanks for the reply, I have had similar experience with an Azatom soundbar and air speakers in multi-room, it would only play in airplay mode and when I added more speakers it started to get jitters, so if I just went with the playbar, sub and single pair of speakers, would I be able to add any surround speakers to a receiver to extend the surround capability?

ratty

if I just went with the playbar, sub and single pair of speakers, would I be able to add any surround speakers to a receiver to extend the surround capability?

No. You can't use a non-Sonos receiver in conjunction with a PLAYBAR like that. However you connected it, there'd be a time offset of some magnitude which would ruin the experience.

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markbuilding20

Lyricist III

Understood, thanks Ratty.... so I think for my scenario then, I would be better off just getting a receiver and a decent set of surround speakers and lay some cables to the speakers around the room and not bother with the Sonos bundle? unless of course I could output the sound from TV and the Xbox one to the Sonos?

Thanks

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