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cparzych
Contributor I
June 27, 2019
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Connect:Amp to non Sonos speakers?

I recently moved into a house with an 11 room Sonos set up. The old owners left all the equipment except for 1 room, the living room, which would be the 12th room in the set up.

In that room, there are two Connect:Amps. One is for the speakers outside by the pool, the other is for that living room.

However, there are no more Sonos speakers in that room. So my question is, could I set up an older Pioneer system to that Connect:Amp without having to spend upwards of 1,000 bucks to properly outfit the room?
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    airforceteacher
    airforceteacherAnswer
    Headliner I
    June 27, 2019


    If it looks like either of these, they're passive speakers and you just need a pair of wires from the Connect:Amp to each speaker.
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    Kumar
    June 27, 2019
    The Connect Amp needs speakers of the kind Sonos does not make - unamplified and therefore passive speakers. One pair for each amp. Are those missing?
    cparzychAuthor
    Contributor I
    June 27, 2019
    Didn’t mean to click the answer button...but the only thing left in that room was the Connect:Amp.
    Kumar
    June 27, 2019
    If you want music from those amps, you will have to buy passive speaker pairs; outdoor weather proof ones for the poolside, and run speaker wires to both pairs.
    cparzychAuthor
    Contributor I
    June 27, 2019
    The outdoor pool speakers are still there and work fine. So I guess my next question is, are those pioneer speakers I have “passive?” They need speaker wire to be hooked up to its original power unit.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    June 27, 2019
    The outdoor pool speakers are still there and work fine. So I guess my next question is, are those pioneer speakers I have “passive?” They need speaker wire to be hooked up to its original power unit.

    If there are speaker wires hooked up, they are passive.
      airforceteacher
      airforceteacher
      Headliner I
      June 27, 2019
      If you're doubtful, take a picture of the back of the speakers with the connectors and post it here to be sure.
      airforceteacher
      airforceteacherAnswer
      Headliner I
      June 27, 2019


      If it looks like either of these, they're passive speakers and you just need a pair of wires from the Connect:Amp to each speaker.
        cparzychAuthor
        Contributor I
        June 27, 2019
        It’s the top one. Thank you very much!
        chocbudda
        Contributor II
        August 25, 2019
        OK I have a red and white RCA cable coming from my installed speakers.... Can I connect these to the AMP? If I open the cables will there be cable pairs for each Left and Right?
        Jeff S
        Jeff S
        Retired Sonos Staff
        August 26, 2019
        OK I have a red and white RCA cable coming from my installed speakers.... Can I connect these to the AMP? If I open the cables will there be cable pairs for each Left and Right?

        Hi there,

        RCA cables typically come from powered speakers. You'd want to use a Sonos Connect because it has RCA audio outputs. You'd connect the RCA cable to the audio outputs on the Connect, and then you could send Sonos audio to your powered speakers.

        The Connect:Amp is a bit different, they use speaker cables to send audio to unpowered speakers. The Connect:Amp does not have an RCA audio output.
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