Which to purchase?

[cg3690]

Looking for suggestions on which/how many of the Wiims i need to purchase. I’d like to have the sound be able to be grouped both together and separate. My home is wired with two speakers in garage, two in living room, two in kitchen area, and two in master bath. All these wires go to a central location in office but I don’t have an amp/receiver there yet to power them. What do I need at that location to power them and run it all via WiFi and Bluetooth, and do I also need to purchase something separate for each room?
If relevant, I’m an Apple Music listener and also stream iHeart/Pandora. Also, I’d be fine with living room and kitchen being one zone.
Note: I have a 5.1 Sony STR-DN1080 receiver in my living room. I’d like to able to connect that to the grouping if possible but it’s not completely necessary.
Thanks for any suggestions! I don’t really know all the lingo so the existing posts were a little deep for me.

 

[Wiimer]

Looking for suggestions on which/how many of the Wiims i need to purchase. I’d like to have the sound be able to be grouped both together and separate. My home is wired with two speakers in garage, two in living room, two in kitchen area, and two in master bath. All these wires go to a central location in office but I don’t have an amp/receiver there yet to power them.

Hi
In that case, four WiiM amps would be needed. One for each room.

What do I need at that location to power them and run it all via WiFi and Bluetooth, and do I also need to purchase something separate for each room?
If relevant, I’m an Apple Music listener and also stream iHeart/Pandora. Also, I’d be fine with living room and kitchen being one zone.

If you want to use Airplay, I recommend the WiiM Amp; Amp Pro and later WiiM devices do not support AirPlay.

Note: I have a 5.1 Sony STR-DN1080 receiver in my living room. I’d like to able to connect that to the grouping if possible but it’s not completely necessary.

If speakers are connected to the receiver apart from the four room speakers, the WiiM pro can be connected to the receiver's input jacks. This allows you to play music on five pair of speakers individually or create any group for multi-room playback.

As the receiver has an audio delay, it is best to use the 'Pure Direct mode'. (This can also be adjusted using the WiiM's Audio Sync function.)