Help building/adapting AV & Multi-room system

[RGuedes]

Hello everyone,
I need your help in building a multi-room system. Old owner of the house had a structure ready for 6 pairs of in-ceiling speakers with 2 volume controls with impedance matching and also structure ready for 1 pair of outdoor speakers. I have an Onkyo SR706 operating under 5.1 with cabasse eole speakers (not using 7.1) with a free zone 2.
Whats the best option to use the structure in place, meaning (i) do I need another amplifier? (ii) should I go with a speaker selector plugged on my Zone 2 pre-out? (iii) should I buy a separate audio only receiver for the multi-room? Apologies for the ignorance, but what do you recommend? many thx

 

[everettT]

Hello everyone,
I need your help in building a multi-room system. Old owner of the house had a structure ready for 6 pairs of in-ceiling speakers with 2 volume controls with impedance matching and also structure ready for 1 pair of outdoor speakers. I have an Onkyo SR706 operating under 5.1 with cabasse eole speakers (not using 7.1) with a free zone 2.
Whats the best option to use the structure in place, meaning (i) do I need another amplifier? (ii) should I go with a speaker selector plugged on my Zone 2 pre-out? (iii) should I buy a separate audio only receiver for the multi-room? Apologies for the ignorance, but what do you recommend? many thx

How many rooms 3 or 2? Do you want to play different sources in different rooms?

 

[RGuedes]

How many rooms 3 or 2? Do you want to play different sources in different rooms?

Hello, 1 room for the HT sound and '3 rooms+outdoor' for the 2nd source (and I have 3 volume control with impendance match). tks

 

[everettT]

Hello, 1 room for the HT sound and '3 rooms+outdoor' for the 2nd source (and I have 3 volume control with impendance match). tks

Cheapest option is to use zone two preouts to a amplifier like this to speaker selector switch like this. This being a cheaper route

 

[RGuedes]

Cheapest option is to use zone two preouts to a amplifier like this to speaker selector switch like this. This being a cheaper route

many tks. very helpful.

 

[RGuedes]

many tks. very helpful.

Cheapest option is to use zone two preouts to a amplifier like this to speaker selector switch like this. This being a cheaper route

Thank you again. Any other option for the amplifier? Perhaps a lighter one, as I will be bringing it overseas from the US...

 

[everettT]

The linked amp is sold world wide FWIW. Their are lighter models avialable. The reson i linked a pro amp is that it will give you low ohm stability and plenty of power. Amps from Behringer, QSC, and others can be considered.