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help with music set-up

11 years ago

I'm in the process of remodeling and want to add in-ceiling speakers to 6 rooms to listen to music. The audio store recommended Polk MC60 speakers with 6 Sonos Connects (one for each pair of speakers). I want to control all of the speakers from one location in the house which means all 6 Sonos Connects would be together. Is there any other options? If possible I would like to have 2 zones but could live with 1. Thanks for the help?

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  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Sonos connect amps are the way to go. Per the sonos website you can actually connect up to 4 speakers per sonos connect amp. Sonos connect to each other by their own mesh network and you access it through an app on you phone, tablet, or computer and you can independently control each amp. It does not matter where you place them because you don't physically interact with it, only through an app. However you probably will have all your speaker wire going to the same place so by default all of your sonos will be in the same space.

    i have 5 sets of speakers and gooing to get 3 amps( so 3 zones)

  • 11 years ago

    If you get 6 sonos connect amps you effectively have 6 zones. The can all play different things or the same thing or any combination thereof.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Denon & Russound (made in USA) have smart app amp applications that compete with Sonos, literally more features.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Well that's the best DIY solution, but it can get pricey with that many Sonos Connects Amps. You are talking about $2999.94 total for Sonos. For a little less money you could buy any audio matrix and 8-zone distribution amplifier powered by a control system like Control4 or RTI that would so the same thing (and give you 8 zones if you felt short in any locations). You would have the added bonus of being able to integrate lighting, security, surveillance, pool, etc. at some point in the future. Generally we love Sonos as well and recommend it often, but if you get into too many zones it is actually the more expensive solution. With that many Sonos connect amps in one spot you would be signing up for an aggressive fan system to keep them cool as well if you want to preserver their life. Just an FYI.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Also Sonos Connect Amps are rated to power 2 pairs of speakers at 4 ohms (we are Sonos direct dealers so we get access to engineers). Thus if you could live with a little less flexibility you would use 1x Sonos Connect Amp per 2 pairs of speakers and then when you run your speaker wire drop an analog volume control in each location. This would allow each rooms volume to be adjusted. The downside is that you would be forced to listen to the same thing in these two zones.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Russound has a 6 zone & 8 zone streaming system. Www.russound.com A siingle led keypad can control each zone separately or together. Also, an easy smart app for tabket, Android or iphone.

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