Any way to connect wireless speakers to receiver in addition to existing 5.1 system?

[calvin2376]

The short story: I have a sound system in my family room, and I’d like to hook up two wireless speakers to it that will be located in the dining room.

Currently in my family room, I have a Denon AVR-S510BT receiver (http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AVR-S51...UTF8&qid=1448668609&sr=8-1&keywords=denon+510) hooked up to a 5.1 surround system. I would like to find some way to have wireless speakers (ideally two) connected to this system but located in the dining room. That way I could have the 5.1 system in the family room playing the same music as the wireless speakers in the dining room.

While I’ve used wireless speakers before and know that they’re out there, I can’t seem to figure out a way to connect wireless speakers to my receiver in addition to the existing 5.1 speakers already connected and located in the family room.

I’d love to know if there’s a solution out there, what it entails, and what I would need to buy (and recommendations on equipment). Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[JeffMD]

In short, no. Your receiver does not handle a second pair of pre amp outs, and you would be splicing amplifies outs into what ever transmitter you used.

Instead I would look into an active speaker setup that is connected either by a dedicated music streamer, or use a bluetooth audio receiver and then a phone to provide the source. Phone can either contain your music library or access a remote library through DLNA.

 

[calvin2376]

In short, no. Your receiver does not handle a second pair of pre amp outs, and you would be splicing amplifies outs into what ever transmitter you used.

Instead I would look into an active speaker setup that is connected either by a dedicated music streamer, or use a bluetooth audio receiver and then a phone to provide the source. Phone can either contain your music library or access a remote library through DLNA.

Thanks for the response. Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean in the second part? What do you mean by "active speaker setup" and "bluetooth audio receiver"? How would these integrate into my existing receiver+5.1 setup (or would they not)?

 

[JeffMD]

They would not. An active 2 channel speaker is just another way of saying self contained amplified speakers. The bluetooth receiver would be plugged into the line in jack and you would then supply the music with a phone. There are also media streamers with touchscreens that you could plug into the jack, but they cost more, don't look as good as an android interface, and would need to be placed somewhere in the room.