AmpVortex: How to reuse speakers in the theater room for both 5.1 movies and streaming music
In a typical American home, there is usually one or two theater rooms, while the other rooms are equipped with stereo speakers for music listening. However, even the theater room has a need for music playback. As a result, most households require one or two AVRs (Audio-Visual Receivers) and one or two multi-room streaming amplifiers.
Yet, many users are unsure how to connect their devices to reuse the theater room speakers.
Let’s take an example with one theater room and seven stereo rooms, where the theater room is set up with a 5.1 speaker layout: left channel, right channel, center channel, subwoofer, left surround, and right surround. The AVR used is the DENON X3700, and the multi-room streaming amplifier is the AmpVortex-16060.
Here’s how to set up the connections:
The signa routine for this scene is:
1. You Apple phone Airplay2 cast music to AmpVortex-16060;
2. AmpVortex-16020 output music to DENON AVR through SPDIF or Line;
3. DENON AVR drive stereo speaker of 5.1 configration.