RP3

THANKS guys! Much appreciated. I'll post pics and let you know how it turns out. Still waiting on shipment from a few more pieces I purchased on Cyber Monday.

I'm in a similar situation, I'm in the middle of a basement build project and I want to setup 9.2 Dolby Atmos. I have two RP-8000F front speakers, an RP-450C center, two RP-140SA atmos speakers, a series of smaller rear surrounds, and two Klipsch 12" powered subs. My question is, when I purchase an amp how to connect them? My quarterback is a Marantz SR7011 but I want to provide additional power to my setup. I'm looking at multiple Emotiva XPA amps and wonder do I need to power ALL 9.2 of my speakers or just the front 5 for optimal results? For example should I purchase two XPA5's or is that overkill? Is the juice worth the squeeze in amplifying smaller speakers? Or should I focus on just feeding the beasts? I've searched the web for 3 days and cannot seem to find an actual DIAGRAM on how to connect the head unit to the amp or how to group the speakers? People always take pics of the front of their media cabinets which is about freakin' useless. I need to see the actual setup in the back. YouTube tells you all the specs on the amps, but nobody shows you HOW THEY HAVE THEM CONNECTED? Is it just me? Thoughts?