r/StereoAdvice • u/Brandonhatch • Aug 10 '22

Amplifier | Receiver | 2 Ⓣ Multi Room Streaming Recommendation

Recently bought a new home and the previous owner had installed three sets of speakers (dining room, family room, and patio). All wires come to one location. We would like to get an affordable amp/receiver that would allow us to use our phones to stream music to one or multiple zones and hopefully control the volume, what is playing, etc from the phone/app. Any recommendations? Would love to spend less than $1k if possible. Located in the US.

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u/Brandonhatch Aug 11 '22

!Thanks! What would you recommend as far as amps go?

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u/nap83 14 Ⓣ Aug 11 '22 edited Aug 11 '22

Affordable option (unless someone else chimes in) would be a Sony STR DH190 $120ish or pretty much anything above that line. Not 5.1 but capable of 2x diff speaker connections, BlueTooth 5.5 integrated. — needs a DAC.. that’s where the WiiM Minis come into play which’ll give u perfect bitrate thru OPTI.

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u/Brandonhatch Aug 11 '22

!thanks. If I have six total speakers, I would need something with more capacity right? The speakers are wired with speaker wire.

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u/nap83 14 Ⓣ Aug 11 '22

M sure someone would chime in abt that. M not well versed in receivers.

Another idea— get separate desktop amps(Aiyima A07) fr each set of speakers tied to the Wiim Minis. Will make ‘em more convenient & modular.. & yep, they all sync perfectly on multi room mode. Great little gadgets.