Sonos Ports in Home Theater?

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I’m considering the switch to sonos, but not sure if it will fit my use case.

I would like to setup a whole home audio system that incorporates some of the existing speakers (the “height” speakers specifically) in my home theatres (2), without having to go through the expensive proprietary systems like Control4.

My question is if sonos ports would work if used between an audio processor (receiver), and dedicated amplifiers via RCA preouts.

Do the ports create a bunch of latency when directly connected via RCA?

Thanks in advance.

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John B

There has to be an auto-switching RCA switch out there. There would be no input to the Port, the Port RCA out and the RCA preout would be the inputs to the switch, with the switch output going to the power amp.

I assume the power amps don’t have digital inputs and DACs?

I would certainly be interested to hear the outcome.

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canadianratAuthor

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I hadn’t thought of an automatic rca switch… that should do exactly what I’m looking to accomplish.

https://canada.newark.com/mcm-custom-audio/50-8396/automatic-two-way-source-selector/dp/29X0259

The amps don’t have integrated DACs, just rca and xlr inputs, and rca pass through outputs.

A single port, or even my existing marantz network player combined with these automatic rca source selectors should do the trick!

thanks again!!

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