New Amp vs old Amp and 4 built in speakers

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Hi Sonos Lovers,
We have recently moved into a new house.
It has 2 inbuilt speakers in two rooms that the previous owners used two separate Sonos Amps to connect. Am I right to assume that the new amp that is coming out soon will allow me to connect all 4 speakers in 2 rooms to the one amp?
Many thanks, Alex

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John BAnswer

This is already true of the existing Connect:Amp, provided the speAkers are 8 Ohms. Of course you would lose the option to play different streams on the two sets of speakers.

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John BAnswer

This is already true of the existing Connect:Amp, provided the speAkers are 8 Ohms. Of course you would lose the option to play different streams on the two sets of speakers.

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awenhamAuthor

Contributor I

Thanks John, ah we would really want to be able to play two different streams. Will this be the case with the new amp? Ie 4 different speakers, in two different rooms (and two seperate streams) through the one new amp?

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John B

I believe it will be identical in this respect. If you want two streams you will need two amps.

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Andrew Sinclair

Lyricist III

The new Sonos AMP has only stereo output (2 speaker outputs: left and right). It is not capable of playing 2 different streams to 2 sets of speakers, but like the Connect:AMP, you can run four speakers off the 2 speaker outputs. In that arrangement, you will have 2 left and 2 right speakers. As John B wrote, you need at least 8 Ohm speakers if you're going to run two speakers from a single channel (on either device). I currently use a Connect:AMP for 4 ceiling speakers, which are 8 ohms each.

jgatie

In addition, the new Amp has a mono mode, where both channels play both channels (does that make sense?).

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