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Originally Posted by bossy22
So, our house has ceiling speakers. 6 on the main floor, and two wires outside for a couple of outside speakers. I would like to hook up a receiver, something with wifi like the yamaha rn303 but it can only do 2 sets of speakers. Is there a way I can have 4 pairs of speakers all playing the same thing. It's on open concept floor, so having speakers playing different music wouldn't make any sense. Also, it will not be hooked up to a tv. We don't have a tv on the main floor. This is just for music. My wife would also like to get a turntable for this.
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Some of the questions you should ask is whether you want the speakers to be able to play at independent volumes. If no, it's far easier.
Another is how you want to play music and/or if it's music only.
If it's just USB or certain mainstream steaming platforms and a handful of radio stations, far easier. But if it's casting from all sorts of different devices and software, it might be a little more complex.
The Allo Boss player seemed to work in a system like this:
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showth...ight=allo+boss
https://www.pishop.ca/product/boss-player-v1-2/
They're around $150 pre-built and it's basically a quality player you'd hook up to a receiver or amp. You can load music to a USB and connected to the raspberry pi and/or you can airplay from a variety of devices (although I don't know the limit of what is doable because I generally only cast from Spotify).
You'd still need a receiver or a power amp to actually power the speakers. I personally just use a $50 ish power amp that has 2 pairs of outputs (4 speakers). No idea how much more complex it would be to do 4 pairs and if twisting the groups together would be an issue. I'd assume a simple set up is around $250 ish. Slightly more for complex set ups ($400 ish?).
But for a turntable... I honestly have no clue about compatibility. I'd assume a consideration is where the receiver is actually located and if you need to turn on or off certain inputs.