The zone 2 out RCA connection you can use to an external amp
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So as of now I have and Yamaha RX-A810 powering my surround sound set up which is a 5.1 in my basement with two speakers on my deck running off of zone 2. The question I have is can I put plugs on the ends of the wires that power the zone 2 speakers and use that wire to connect it to a whole home amplifier and add more speakers and subs for the rest of my house and outside? I’m assuming if possible I would be able to plug that wire into the biamp out and then into a the audio in on the amplifier for the new speakers.
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Ok so the wire I have running through the walls for the speakers will be ok to use to connect the amps? Because I don’t really have any other way to run more wire with out opening up walls and pissing of the wife!The zone 2 out RCA connection you can use to an external amp
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Ok so the wire I have running through the walls for the speakers will be ok to use to connect the amps? Because I don’t really have any other way to run more wire with out opening up walls and pissing of the wife!
Is it speaker cables you have through the walls?
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Yes it’s 16/2 AWG.Is it speaker cables you have through the walls?
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I dont know much about multiroom setups but i havent seen any amplifier except a few plate amps on subwoofers that can accept speaker connections. Not saying it doesnt exist but the standard is line level (like RCA and XLR) into power amps. You can use the zone 2 rca out to a multiroom amp and then through the in-wall cabling if you have the speaker cabling from the same room out to the destination rooms.
(I might be misunderstanding you but it seems you want to run zone 2 to another room and then to a multiroom amp?)
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(I might be misunderstanding you but it seems you want to run zone 2 to another room and then to a multiroom amp?)
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Yeah I wanted to see if I could put banana plugs on the end and make the wire into a RCA cable if it would carry signal. Or do I just make it to separate systems and put the deck speakers on a new whole home amplifier and just keep the basement tv by itself? I don’t know if sonos is an option also?I dont know much about multiroom setups but i havent seen any amplifier except a few plate amps on subwoofers that can accept speaker connections. Not saying it doesnt exist but the standard is line level (like RCA and XLR) into power amps. You can use the zone 2 rca out to a multiroom amp and then through the in-wall cabling if you have the speaker cabling from the same room out to the destination rooms.
(I might be misunderstanding you but it seems you want to run zone 2 to another room and then to a multiroom amp?)
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Yeah I wanted to see if I could put banana plugs on the end and make the wire into a RCA cable if it would carry signal. Or do I just make it to separate systems and put the deck speakers on a new whole home amplifier and just keep the basement tv by itself? I don’t know if sonos is an option also?
Banana into RCA probably = damaged equipment. Using a speaker cable as a line level (rca to rca) cable i dont know how is, probably not very good and might not even work reliably depending on distance. Separate systems or sonos sounds like a better option, and might give easier access and better control.
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Not a good idea.Yeah I wanted to see if I could put banana plugs on the end and make the wire into a RCA cable if it would carry signal.
Thank you I will probably do either a sonos connect and then add the sonos amps as necessary or just do two separate systems. Especially since the one system is downstairs and is mainly movies and sports and then if we had party’s and wanted music everywhere a second system would cover up stairs and outside especially since there is a good chance that sports will still be on down stairs anyway.Banana into RCA probably = damaged equipment. Using a speaker cable as a line level (rca to rca) cable i dont know how is, probably not very good and might not even work reliably depending on distance. Separate systems or sonos sounds like a better option, and might give easier access and better control.
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What you are looking for is a Line Level Convertor (random one I found by Googling).
Alternately, you could fish RCA cables through the walls by attaching them to the existing speaker wire and pulling them through.
Alternately, you could fish RCA cables through the walls by attaching them to the existing speaker wire and pulling them through.
How many speaker outs does your Yamaha have? Mine has five for zone 1 and two for zone 2 (plus one RCA for the subwoofer). If yours doesn't have zone 2 speaker outs, then why not get a stereo amp to drive your zone 2 speakers through your existing speaker wires?
Mine has zone two outs it is already powering the deck speakers I wanted to use the receiver to send the audio signal to another amplifier. Then I could add more speakers for the rest of the house and whatever was playing on my Yamaha would them be coming through the rest of the house I wasn’t sure if there was a way to use the wire that I had in wall to connect the pre amp out to another powered amplifier since I can’t open walls now to run new rca cables.How many speaker outs does your Yamaha have? Mine has five for zone 1 and two for zone 2 (plus one RCA for the subwoofer). If yours doesn't have zone 2 speaker outs, then why not get a stereo amp to drive your zone 2 speakers through your existing speaker wires?
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