If you have active speakers you can wire them from RCA tape outputs.
Speaker Wiring
I'm finally wiring my kitchen speakers in. My amp (Creek 4330 - 40W into 8 Ohms) only has one set of speaker outputs. There is a tape in and out by RCA connections. Because of the distance I'm running 10ga wires to the kitchen. I'm not sure I can find RCA connectors that will support that wire size. Should I just pair the speakers in the living room with the kitchen in parallel? Should I splice in some smaller gauge wire between the RCA/phono plugs and the speaker leads? If I do it all off of the same connectors there will be 3 speakers on each side, 1 in the living room JBL micron carat (4 Ohms), and 2 Energy V1.0 CM(8 Ohms nom 4 min). Also, I'm not sure what the nominal vs. minimum resistance on the Energy speakers means in terms of loudness. If the speakers really are 4 and 8 ohms then the 4 ohm speakers will be twice as loud right?
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Any budget conscious recommendations?The AudioSource AMP-100 looks interesting, for a very low price, although I have no particular familiarity with it. It includes a volume control, which would allow you to adjust the relationship between the volume of the speakers it is powering and the volume of the other speaker. Here are links to the manual and manufacturer's description. ... purchase a separate power amplifier and drive the Energy speakers in series from that.That amp is rated to drive 4 ohms, corresponding to two 8 ohm speakers in parallel. It's hard to predict how well it would handle driving the two Energy speakers in parallel, in part because the range of frequencies at which they dip to their 4 ohm minimum (which would be 2 ohms for the parallel combination) is not specified. It might be worth trying the parallel connection, though. A series connection would in effect convert the 50 watt amp into approximately a 12.5 watt amp as far as each speaker is concerned, since each speaker would see only half of the voltage the amp is supplying (1/2 voltage = 1/4 power). The amp is rated to supply 61 watts into 4 ohms, or 30.5 watts into each of the speakers if they are paralleled. If you try the parallel connection, listen for signs of distortion on musical peaks, especially on drum beats and other high volume bass notes. Regards, -- Al |
The specs on the 102 suggest that it doesn't have much more current capability than the 100, and the 100 seems to be much more popular, having far more user comments at Amazon (mostly favorable). So I would go with the 100. I suspect it will do fine, especially considering the modest volume requirement. Regards, -- Al |
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