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Splitting Sonos Connect to two amps.
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| Topic: | Splitting Sonos Connect to two amps. This thread has 10 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 18:05 |
FrogAV Long Time Member |
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Sonos Connect --> RCA Y-splitters --> inputs on two separate receivers. I can't think of any reason why this wouldn't work just fine, but wanted to cover my butt because I haven't done it before.
Any gotchas?
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| Post 2 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 18:15 |
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Are the two receivers feeding the same area? If not, don't forget that the Connect also has a digital coax output. And delays caused by using both wouldn't matter if they are feeding completely different areas of the home.
I did that on one take over job where we were just cleaning up the system. He had a Denon receiver that we fed via digital coax, and a russound system that we fed analog. Worked great.
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| OP | Post 3 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 18:18 |
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On March 17, 2014 at 18:15, goldenzrule said...
Are the two receivers feeding the same area? If not, don't forget that the Connect also has a digital coax output. And delays caused by using both wouldn't matter if they are feeding completely different areas of the home.
I did that on one take over job where we were just cleaning up the system. He had a Denon receiver that we fed via digital coax, and a russound system that we fed analog. Worked great. Ah I DID forget about that. This particular system is a bit of a patch job, and it will only have the single Connect feeding the two receivers (one of which is connected to a speaker selector), and a Playbar. I would imagine not, but is there a delay between the analog and digital outputs of a single Connect? Or just whatever delay is introduced by the receiver's processing?
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| Post 4 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 19:01 |
cma Super Member |
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use a splitter with buffered outputs.. I've seen weird audio issues back in the day when you connect two Sony receivers to the same source via regular y cables.
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| Post 5 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 19:14 |
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There is a Optical and a Coax digital output. In my home I have the analog going to my DA, the Optical going to one Surround Room and the Coax going to another. Zero issues.
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| Post 6 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 20:36 |
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| Post 7 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 20:51 |
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In general no issues, but Ive had Yamaha receivers definitely introduce a delay using optical. Went with rca y adapters on both occasions and no issues
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| Post 8 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 21:30 |
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On March 17, 2014 at 18:05, FrogAV said...
Sonos Connect --> RCA Y-splitters --> inputs on two separate receivers. I can't think of any reason why this wouldn't work just fine, but wanted to cover my butt because I haven't done it before.
Any gotchas? If it does sound odd in any way and you decide that you want to cure the problem cheaply, buy a CE Labs (or the Skywalker, SnapAV, LeGrand, etc) AV distribution amp. It doesn't matter that kind of video it takes, so get the cheapest one they have. They usually have at least three outputs. I think I paid about $25 for the last one.
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| Post 9 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 22:20 |
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On March 17, 2014 at 19:14, cheesehead22 said...
There is a Optical and a Coax digital output. In my home I have the analog going to my DA, the Optical going to one Surround Room and the Coax going to another. Zero issues. +1
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| Post 10 made on Monday March 17, 2014 at 23:48 |
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We do it all the time as well! Media room receiver and house audio connected to 1 Connect using Y's. Not my favorite design but everyone has a budget....
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| Post 11 made on Tuesday March 18, 2014 at 01:18 |
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On March 17, 2014 at 19:01, cma said...
use a splitter with buffered outputs.. I've seen weird audio issues back in the day when you connect two Sony receivers to the same source via regular y cables. When was "back in the day"? To Ali Hashemi, that could be 2004! If "back in the day" means the 1980s, Y connections were problematic because an amp that was turned off distorted the signal going to the other ampon a y cable. Not so any more. So try it. The amp that's off has to be off for at least a minute to know for sure if it will cause a problem to the other amp.
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