At first I considered buying 7 200's with the idea that I would place each 200 near each speaker. But since there was no easy way to run balanced audio lines between the 950 and the 200's, and since the Outlaws had decided not to put the final digital-to-analog conversion in each amp so there could be digital distribution of the final signal(s) out of the 950 -- I chose, at the Outlaws suggestion, to buy the 770. I then ran very, very low loss speaker cables. I would like to see, some day, the signal(s) be distributed in an easily cabled, or even wireless, digital network.