Home audio setup

[Nutty_Death]

A new thread but with hopefully clearer and more specific requirements.

I want to set up a 4 zone home audio system. 2 zones will have 2 inputs of both music and TV, one of which will have 5 speaker surround sound. The rest are 2 speaker stereo. I want each zone to be controllable independently via Chromecast audio and for the TV volume to be controllable locally without having to use an app but still play via the speakers.

The approaches I think there are

• Amp in each room with a Chromecast audio attached
• Multi channel amp with multiple Chromecast attached. Not sure how surround sound or local volume for TV would work
• Fancy amp like VSSL but this seems to limit my TV options

My preference would be something I can tuck away somewhere.

What would you suggest?

 

[Nutty_Death]

Ok thanks, so that would be going with the first option I mentioned.

But what about a single amp that can play multiple channels at the same time. I was eyeing up some of these https://www.daytonaudio.com/index.php/home-audio-video/audio-amplifiers/multi-zone.html

 

[Nutty_Death]

I'm definitely not an audiophile. I like the thought of an integrated and seamless system. It doesn't need to be anything fancy.

If I do end up installing speakers I'd like to do it in a way where I can replace inputs in the future if required.

To be honest I'm debating the need for a lot of this. I think I'll scrap the surround sound as I'm really not that bothered. It simplifies things a lot just having stereo.

I'm not really a fan of the Amazon ecosystem and find Chromecast video and audio unobtrusive.

I could potentially get an amp with 4 zones and have it tucked away near my router etc but then I'd have to work out how to control TV volume or switch TV source.