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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?
jetson
jetson OP
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Thanks Al.

The kitchen speakers are already wired in parallel, and that's not changing without my opening up the ceiling (not happening).

Since it's kitchen the volume "probably" won't be going too high - but you never know. Should I just go with the Audio Source AMP 102?
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almarg
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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.

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-- Al
jetson OP
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OK - thanks Al. I really appreciate the help.
Jim
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I think the extra amp with its own volume control like mentioned, would be the best solution for your setup.

I personally haven't heard these myself. The model 100 seems to have been around for a long time, and seems to be liked. The model 102 is similar, but a little more power, and new clipping lights. I don't know how long the 102 has been around. I wouldn't know what model to choose myself, except I like the model 100's record.
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