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Itsmejson
Contributor III
September 2, 2021

Sonos Port & AV Receiver Zones

  • September 2, 2021
  • 13 replies
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Hi,

My original topic was closed and had a follow up question based on Bruce’s recommendation.

I have these specific zones pre-wired:

  • Living Room (5.1)
  • Kitchen (pair of speakers)
  • Patio (pair of speakers)
  • Master Bath (pair of speakers)

With these specific areas I would need:

1x Port for living room

3x Sonos Amps

Is this correct?

 

 

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ItsmejsonAuthor
Contributor III
May 14, 2022

@melvimbe i finally set this up and I’ve ran into issues as you stated above. 
 

1x Port connected to S760H

  • Main Zone - Living Room
  • Zone 2 - Patio

1x Amp Kitchen (pair of speakers)

1x Amp Master Bath (pair of speakers)

 

The Issue I have is when I play music from Sonos to Zone 2 the volume is really really low. With the line out level set to Variable.  If I change line level to pass-through then I the Zone 2 Volume sounds good.  The downside is I have to control volume directly from the receiver and lose volume control via Sonos.

 

Due to this I think this is the reason you suggested having patio on its own amp and not part of zone 2 of receiver is this right?  There wouldn’t be a way to get the zone 2 volume correct without using an amp?

 

 

JohnPatrickMontague
Lyricist I
November 10, 2023

Hello all! I just moved into a house with 5 architectural ceiling-mounted Sonos speakers on Main Level and 3 Sonos speakers in the basement.

I’d like to have 2 zones: Main Level and Basement. And the 5 speakers in the kitchen/dining room is overkill and I could likely be fine using 3. 

With 3 to 5 speakers on Main and 3 in Basement, split into 2 zones, what is the most cost-effective solution for an amp(s) and ports? Both zones are controlled by separate iPads.

I’d appreciate any and all ideas to get these speakers working! johnpatrickmontague(at)gmail.com

ItsmejsonAuthor
Contributor III
November 10, 2023

Hello all! I just moved into a house with 5 architectural ceiling-mounted Sonos speakers on Main Level and 3 Sonos speakers in the basement.

I’d like to have 2 zones: Main Level and Basement. And the 5 speakers in the kitchen/dining room is overkill and I could likely be fine using 3. 

With 3 to 5 speakers on Main and 3 in Basement, split into 2 zones, what is the most cost-effective solution for an amp(s) and ports? Both zones are controlled by separate iPads.

I’d appreciate any and all ideas to get these speakers working! johnpatrickmontague(at)gmail.com

Sounds like 2 Sonos amps would be all you need.

Zone 1: kitchen/ dining room

Zone 2: basement

or 

Do 3 zones requiring 3x Sonos amps

Zone 1: kitchen

Zone 2: dining room

Zone 3: basement

 

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