Integrated amp or power amp for Sonos Connect?

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I'm going to hang a pair of outdoor speakers on my patio. A Connect:AMP would be the simple answer but I have a Connect that I'm not using right now. Rather than pay $500 for a Connect:AMP I plan to have my Connect feed an external amp which powers the speakers. Does that external amp need to be an integrated amp (with preamp) or just a power amp? I think just a power amp but want to be sure.

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JustinJL

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I ended up deciding on the AMP200 (https://www.outdoorspeakerdepot.com/high-power-stereo-amplifier.html). But now I'm unsure if it will work for what I want. I want to take the stereo output from a single Sonos Connect, combine the left and right channels of the stereo output into a mono signal, and drive a single pair of speakers with that mono signal. The Bridged Mono mode you mentioned, upstatemike, seems like it will combine the left and right channels, but will it not also double the power? If i only hook one pair of speakers up to it, will that not blow my speakers? Outdoor Speaker Depot hasn't been very quick in answering my questions...perhaps someone here can help?

Chris

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Its not going to blow your speaker. Turn the volume all the way down on the AMP200.

In the Sonos app for the connect turn the volume all the way up for the zone.

Now slowly turn up the volume on the AMP200 until the speakers are at the max volume you would ever want them to play at.

Then all set - you can use the volume control then in sonos and it won't go above that max volume.

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