Ken, thanks for the response. The Sonarray is a cool product for sure. But I'm pretty much sold on the CDi1000 and a 70 volt set up. The way the back yard is set up, the sub for the Sonarray would not offer good coverage in most areas so I'm going to go with speakers with 8" woofers in the three areas. To keep the cost down the customer wants to use a minimal amount of speakers. In this case that turns out to be 5. Later when he wishes he had more I can show up and add them as the CDi1000 has power to spare. Plus it will be extra cost to re-run new speaker wire outside as it's currently 16awg. I think the advice to go 70 volt is sound and so that's what I'm proposing to do.

Craig