Timeline for Connecting a single audio device to multiple outputs for whole house speaker system
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| Nov 9, 2020 at 17:19 | comment | added | Nate S. | Also, what do you mean by volume is controlled independently per-room? Does each room have a knob on the wall that adjusts the volume of the speakers in that room only? If that's the case, that might point towards a 70V system -- a picture of the volume knob wall boxes opened up might help us determine for sure. | |
| Nov 9, 2020 at 17:17 | comment | added | Nate S. | @sdb, the trouble is that there's not just one standard for 'simple, builder-grade' speakers, so that's not enough info to know what to get. If you want to be able to test them without risking blowing them up, you're gonna have to partially remove at least one (assuming they're all the same) to read the label. Most likely, they'll have an impedance listed in ohms (likely either 4 or 8), and a power rating listed in Watts. Or, there's a chance that instead of a impedance rating they instead say 70V. Either way, this will give us the info we need to know what equipment you need. | |
| Nov 7, 2020 at 21:36 | history | edited | Alaska Man | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2020 at 20:42 | answer | added | batsplatsterson | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 7, 2020 at 20:05 | history | edited | sdb | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2020 at 19:57 | comment | added | sdb | @Nate S. I don't have info on the speakers; assume simple, builder grade. The speakers are a permanent install. They are mounted in the ceiling with these wires all coming through the wall in a central place. Each room has two speakers, except the family room which has four, one in each corner. Volume is controlled independently for each room. There are 8 rooms total. I'm ok removing these connectors and dealing with bare wires, but I would still need to know what equipment to get. | |
| Nov 4, 2020 at 19:52 | answer | added | Alaska Man | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 4, 2020 at 17:40 | comment | added | Nate S. | @FreeMan, those connectors are frequently seen on the backs of power amplifiers meant for permeant install -- think like churches, stadiums, etc. It's basically like a screw terminal block that unplugs. | |
| Nov 4, 2020 at 17:31 | comment | added | Nate S. | To know more about what specific power amplifier you'd need, we'd need a lot more info about exactly what speakers are connected to the other ends of those wires. | |
| Nov 4, 2020 at 17:30 | comment | added | Nate S. | You need a power amplifier, at minimum. That's probably what those four pole connectors are designed to plug into. Regular speakers bigger than headphones are not designed to be driven directly from a phone; they need the signal amplified first. | |
| Nov 4, 2020 at 16:29 | comment | added | FreeMan | What do those connect to at the other end? When I read the title, I was thinking something like an XLR connector. I'm not sure what these are. Do they go to a patch panel of some sort so you can route different outputs to different locations? Were these just sitting loose at the back of the audio closet? I'm no end-all-be-all audio guy, but those are rather foreign to me... | |
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| Nov 4, 2020 at 16:12 | history | asked | sdb | CC BY-SA 4.0 |