Dam it then ! I'm not buying your amp Wasn't in the market for it anyway.

Someone can start another thread if they want to discuss this further.

I have 3 HC300, 1 HC200, Yamaha HTR06290 and a Pioneer VSX Receivers.

What is the best way to go about this?

I neither have the inclination to spend the money nor the space in my rack for a matrix.

Thanks in advance.

If you're asking about having both a 8 zone and a 4 zone amp in the same project without a audio matrix then one way to do it it "y" (or split) the analog out's of 4 sources you want distributed through the zones being controlled by the amps. So as an example you would connect the lef/right analog of a cable STB to the input 1 on the 8 zone amp and input 1 on the 4 zone amp. You could then listen to the football game on all 12 zones.

The 8 zone amp has 4 additional source inputs available that can be used to feed all 8 zones on the 8 zone amp.

If you're asking about having both a 8 zone and a 4 zone amp in the same project without a audio matrix then one way to do it it "y" (or split) the analog out's of 4 sources you want distributed through the zones being controlled by the amps. So as an example you would connect the lef/right analog of a cable STB to the input 1 on the 8 zone amp and input 1 on the 4 zone amp. You could then listen to the football game on all 12 zones.

The 8 zone amp has 4 additional source inputs available that can be used to feed all 8 zones on the 8 zone amp.

I see, 8 total sources, 12 total audio zones. Sounds good.

Next question, And this might sound a little stupid. Where do I buy split or "Y" audio cables.

Thanks dgbrown. It seems that you have implemented this a few times already.

Works well? Any pros & cons?

So I use these:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10429&cs_id=1042904&p_id=7244&seq=1&format=2

or

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10429&cs_id=1042904&p_id=7194&seq=1&format=2

with

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236&cs_id=1023603&p_id=6261&seq=1&format=2

Am I going in the right direction?

Standard splitter works great. I have done this with audio and video in my house as my current matrix is not quite big enough, and I don't want to buy a bigger one with this whole HDMI thing looming over me.

Split the signal with any splitter, you'll be fine.

Yep, just make sure the gender of the cable's and splitter all work together.

No cons for splitting once that I can think of. Go more than that and you'd need a distribution amp.