I currently have a sonos connect hooked up to my onkyo receiver via optical cable. will this sub work for both music and tv?
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I have mine paired with a connect hooked to my receiver and a Play1 speaker. It rocks both TV and music. It's pretty awesome!
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I would guess it depends on the type of receiver. My 5.1, which I recently replaced with a Sony 7.2, has a dedicated subwoofer port.
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I believe that the display port does not output sound like a HDMI port does. You would need to get the sound to the onkyo another way.
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I used an audio receiver with capable surround sound. Connected tv with digital audio cable. Bought a powered sub-woofer. Great sound. So happy with price vs performance.
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Yes, that is correct. You need one rca cable from your denon out and connect it to the input marked as 'sub in'.
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Very tough call to make. I can't comment on the Yamaha 465 as I haven't used it. I've looked at its info on Yamaha's site and it doesn't seem to indicate pass-through only for its HDMI, which means it may support audio through HDMI, too. But as they say, specs are subject to change without notice. I do have the Onkyo TX-SR507 receiver and it DOES support audio through HDMI as well. I've read a few reports saying that the Onkyo receiver will work great with Bose, Polk, and Yamaha speakers. I'm actually using Yamaha NS-SP1800 5.1 Speaker system that I bought off of Tigerdirect.com for only $119, and to be honest, they rival my parents Bose home theater system. They have an old analog one since they don't have HD. I'm the only one in my family with HD gear, lol! Score one for the kids. I've actually done a lot of research, even Consumer Reports, to find my receivers. Whenever you do receiver shopping, ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM RECEIVERS THAT HAVE ONLY HDMI PASS-THROUGH if you want your audio going through HDMI. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Not sure where CAT5 (copper) would come into play for audio. Optical (fiber) is sound. If that is what you are talking about then, yes, it would work as that is how my Sonos Playbar is set up. That is the only way I can get Dolby 5.1 surround sound as my tv doesn't pass it to my sound bar directly.
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Based on the specs and the layout of the onkyo receiver it looks completely compatible. The bose speakers are driven by the bass via the receiver so looks like it would work great
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The only way to connect this soundbar to anything is with the optical cable, so if your receiver has an optical connection, then yes. Otherwise, no.
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This looks like the device for you. I'm using the rca to feed our church's sound board. It looks like it'll do optical and rca out concurrently too.
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yes for sound. or you can use an hdmi cable if your tv or receiver is compatible. hope this helps you.
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￼In the Sonos Sub Product Guide, you can pair the Sub with any Sonos amplified Player but not with a non-amplified Player such as the Connect. You associate it with a particular Player or Stereo Pair.
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Not sure , but I use it to covert RCA to optical for my Onkyo AV receiver and I can use the digital / surround settings and Sub and it works great!
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Not sure I understand. Are you asking if you can use Sonos speakers for TV audio? The answer is yes, but not with the bridge. The bridge issued to connect the sonos speakers to the household wifi. Sonos does have an (expensive) sound bar product meant to be used as alternate speakers for the TV. Check out www.sonos.com
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this converts digital (optical) audio to analog as it says on the device. If your receiver takes RCA (analog) inputs it should work. I am using it on a TV with an optical out connected to an old pair of sony speakers with RCA inputs and it works fine.
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Yes, sure. The Sonos Connect is designed to be hooked up to an external power amp. I used to have a setup just like yours, sort of a poor man's multi-room Sonos setup. I just hooked up the Sonos Connect to an external audio receiver (that had a built-in amp of course) and it worked fine. It's a bit less elegant than having a Sonos system in each room, but it worked well.
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I was just considering both these models. With the Onkyo, I think you'd have to go with TOSLINK/optical audio cables for your HDMI devices to transfer sound from the device to the receiver. That was the main thing keeping me from pulling the trigger on the Onkyo system, but there's a work-around. The Sony set is aesthetically attractive. My biggest gripe about this (and a lot of Sony products) is that they manufacture their products with minimal compatibility with other brands: the receiver doesn't come with the standard speaker terminals - you won't be able to plug in other speakers into this Sony receiver. But, this may not be an issue for someone planning to truly use this system as a set and has no intent to upgrade or use different speakers while keeping the receiver. I have in-wall speakers installed and it won't work with the Sony system.