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Suggestions: Two Input Mixing Device to share rear surrounds with receiver and Sonos?
January 9, 2017 at
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Hi folks,
I'm trying to find a device that will allow me to mix two different input sources to share a pair of rear surround speakers. The two inputs would be:
The two inputs could be on at the same time if by chance I want to listen to whole house audio while also playing something on the TV (for example if I wanted sports on while listening to music around the house). It would also be nice if this device used very little power since it would be on the entire time. Any suggestions?
Would one of these devices work?
I posted this at AVSForum but didn't get any responses so I thought I'd try my luck here.
I'm trying to find a device that will allow me to mix two different input sources to share a pair of rear surround speakers. The two inputs would be:
- The A/V Receiver Rear Surrounds of a 5.1 sound system, so two amplified channels
- A Sonos Connect Amp, so two amplified channels
The two inputs could be on at the same time if by chance I want to listen to whole house audio while also playing something on the TV (for example if I wanted sports on while listening to music around the house). It would also be nice if this device used very little power since it would be on the entire time. Any suggestions?
Would one of these devices work?
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L2TUFLM/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003M8NVFS/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L2TUFLM/
I posted this at AVSForum but didn't get any responses so I thought I'd try my luck here.
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My receiver is a 7.2receiver.
My rear two channels are electable.
So, I have a 5.2 in my living room, with the last 2 channels selectable for whatever I choose. I use either my rear channel ceiling speakers or my back porch depending on my needs for the day.
You need to be more specific in your requirements for better recommendations.
You're weird.
You'd also need some sort of fast switching mechanism to isolate the sources so that you don't short out either of the receivers (when one receiver is transmitting, you physically switch the other audio source off).
I could try to design something for you, for let's say $50,000.
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You'd also need some sort of fast switching mechanism to isolate the sources so that you don't short out either of the receivers (when one receiver is transmitting, you physically switch the other audio source off).
I could try to design something for you, for let's say $50,000.
Crap, the lounge only allows $5 transactions. So... 10,000 $5 transactions please!
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Did I mention that I also plan to wear headphones while using a soundbar, receiver and dedicated rear channels?
Seriously...you are designing a use case that will cover about only you. I've never seen or heard of trying to do what you want to do with the equipment you've got.
What you want to do is going to cost a lot more then you want to spend for the redundant systems and output mediums, and/or to the pain in the butt to actually install said equipment.
Seriously...you are designing a use case that will cover about only you. I've never seen or heard of trying to do what you want to do with the equipment you've got.
What you want to do is going to cost a lot more then you want to spend for the redundant systems and output mediums, and/or to the pain in the butt to actually install said equipment.
The ability to implement this at a small price with my existing equipment sounds like it's not possible as answered by others in this thread but the idea isn't all that hair brained since they are doing this in sports bars everywhere (of course they have the sports dialogue on one sound system and the music on another system). If I had more money and time, I'd just set up another pair of ceiling speakers dedicated to Sonos but alas I don't really want to go through that hassle as I was just hoping to buy some type of cheap mixer that would do this instead.
You don't need to watch a game in 5.1.
You don't need to watch a game in 5.1.
The ability to implement this at a small price with my existing equipment sounds like it's not possible as answered by others in this thread but the idea isn't all that hair brained since they are doing this in sports bars everywhere (of course they have the sports dialogue on one sound system and the music on another system). If I had more money and time, I'd just set up another pair of ceiling speakers dedicated to Sonos but alas I don't really want to go through that hassle as I was just hoping to buy some type of cheap mixer that would do this instead.
The idea of dropping some BT speakers around connected to a phone or laptop would probably help you achieve this with minimal cost.
The idea of dropping some BT speakers around connected to a phone or laptop would probably help you achieve this with minimal cost.
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I think the situation was so vivid to you that you thought you conveyed it in the OP, but not anywhere close to the real world bar situation.
You sure went a lot further with the WHY aspect of what you were looking to do with the sports bar post.
Now that we see what you were trying to shoot for (pardon the sports pun) your hardware requirements have seriously gotten more complicated to pull of a Faux sports bar presentation.
The geeky side of me says, now that would be cool to do