Cablguy184

I'm a home audio newb so please excuse the ignorance. I have surround sound in my family room that's powered by a Pioneer vsx-520 reciever. In several other rooms in my house, I have stereo ceiling speakers. Since the Pioneer only had surround or line level outputs, I had my stereo speakers running through an old Onkyo stereo receiver which had it's input fed by a RCA line out from the Pioneer. This worked great because I could control the stereo speakers separately from the sound in the family room, but alas the Onkyo receiver has decided to retire and now my wife is left to wander the house without her music.

Other than buying a new stereo receiver to power the stereo lines independently, is there a clever way to use the line level outputs of the Pioneer to hook up the stereo speakers? I really don't want to spend the money for another receiver if I can avoid it with some home audio kung fu.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.