Is it possible to splice audio speaker wire so 2 sets of speakers are on one channel (A or B) of a receiver?

My stereo receiver has the capability of running 2 pairs of speakers--A and B. I am looking to purchase another set of outdoor speakers. I don't want to disconnect the speakers that are currently connected as they provide music for my family room and dining room.

I will eventually purchase a new receiver that can accomodate more speakers, but in the meantime I would like to connect the outdoor speakers and the family room speakers together (as the A speakers). Can this be done, and if so, do you diminish the power of the sound? Thanks for any help!

Asked by Damanda62 55 months ago Similar questions: splice audio speaker wire sets speakers channel receiver Consumer Electronics.

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I'm no expert but here is what I have done. You can hook them both into the receiver, but as you mentioned you run the possibility of degrading the quality of the sound. A better option is to head over to radio shack and spend $10 on a splitter (not sure if that's what it is actually called but the salesperson will know).

This is a simple little gadget that you can hook both sets of speakers into and then hook the adapter/splitter into the receiver. There are a couple of varieties. One is a simple adapter that will allow both sets of speakers to play simultaneously.

Another allows you to switch between the two, similar to your a/b switch on your receiver. Good luck. : ) .

Yes you can, BUT... As you said, you will diminish the power output to your speakers. The speakers are not powered themselves, they draw their power from the signal only. However, if your receiver has enough power, you can compensate this by upping the volume (a bit).

If you mean to have six speakers this way (2x 2 on A and 1x2 on B), you will notice that the speakers on B will be louder than those on A. So, you'd better put the outdoor speakers on B, and both indoor speaker sets on A. When indoor, you can switch to A, when outdoor, switch to B (Adjust the sound level!).

This way, you don't always have to have the outdoor speakers on, when you are inside the house. Sources: my knowledge .

It depends on your receiver and your speakers There are a couple of things to verify before you proceed. First, you need to know how much impedance your speakers have -- this is measured in ohms (often shown using an? ) and is typically 4 or 8 for home speakers.

Second, you need to know how little impedance your received can handle (as the impedance decreases, the amount of current from the receiver to the speakers increases, and the receiver will have a limit as to the amount of current it can safely provide -- this is usually expressed as a minimum impedance). Again, 4 and 8 ohms are typical values. If you don't know these two things, see the last paragraph for an alternative.

The thing to know is that when you plug two speakers into the same speaker wire terminals on the receiver, the impedance seen by the receiver is half that of the speakers. So plugging two 8 ohm speakers into a single pair of speaker terminals results in a 4 ohm load. This is called parallel wiring.

Serial wiring is also possible (where you'd connect the speakers to each other, one red cable to one black, and the remaining red and black cables go to the receiver), and increases, rather than decreases the impedance (thus reducing volume), but often doesn't sound very good, from what I've heard. Ideally, you've got 8 ohm speakers, and your receiver can handle 4 ohm loads, (in my experience, many receivers that have A & B channels can do this). However, some receivers that can handle 4 ohm loads can't handle 4 ohm loads when both the A & B channels are turned on.

If your receiver can handle a 4 ohm load on both A & B channels at once, and your current speakers are 8 ohms, you can simply put two pairs of speaker wires into a single speaker wire terminal on the receiver (ie: two black/negative speaker cables into the black terminal and two red/positive cables into the red terminal). If your receiver can't handle the load of two pairs of speakers on a single channel, you can get a "speaker selector" that multiplies your speaker outputs. These typically work by increasing the impedance of your speakers, and so they will generally reduce the volume of your speakers.

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