Look at the Parasound Zonemaster line.
Powering nine home speakers
Hi. I have a large open living room and want to increase the wattage I have running my speakers. I currently have an Onkyo 7-channel amp and took the front left and right outs and have them going to an OSD Audio ATM7 7-zone speaker selector. However the Onkyo amp is not powerful enough to drive all 9 speakers strong enough. It sounds very weak.
The only device I want to connect is a sonos connect that I have. Currently I connect the optical out of that to the Onkyo amp. Should I introduce a second amp? How exactly would I connect them? Would I run the sonos connect into one amp and take the preamp outs to the other amp? Can you have a standard front left and right out AND a preamp out at the same time?
i only want/need stereo sound not surround.
Thanks!
The only device I want to connect is a sonos connect that I have. Currently I connect the optical out of that to the Onkyo amp. Should I introduce a second amp? How exactly would I connect them? Would I run the sonos connect into one amp and take the preamp outs to the other amp? Can you have a standard front left and right out AND a preamp out at the same time?
i only want/need stereo sound not surround.
Thanks!
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Thanks imhifiman and Erik. In the case of the speaker distribution controller , in this arrangement would I get rid of the ost audio unit? And would I simultaneously run front I/r from the onkyo speakers to the controller and the pre-amp outs out from those same channels? I just can’t remember if those are mutually exclusive (you can do either pre-amp out or speaker level out for front l/r). |
Actually it looks to me like the ost unit accommodates 2 amps OSD Audio ATM7 Automatic 7-Zone Speaker Selector w/ IR Remote Control IR Code https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Y8MH3M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9XJ9BbP5GNFWK it references: impedance protection circuitry and Impedance-Matching Autoformers safely distribute maximum power throughout your system. |
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