I have 2 sets (4 total) of speakers in the back yard (plus the 7.l on the inside). Is it possible to power all 4 using zone-2 and what would be the best way to wire them? Combine both positives and both negatives together to put into each speaker post on the receiver? Thanks. Mr-T. I have 2 sets (4 total) of speakers in the back yard (plus the 7.l on the inside). Is it possible to power all 4 using zone-2 and what would be the best way to wire them? Combine both positives... » Read More I have 2 sets (4 total) of speakers in the back yard (plus the 7.l on the inside). Is it possible to power all 4 using zone-2 and what would be the best way to wire them? Combine both positives and both negatives together to put into each speaker post on the receiver? Thanks. Mr-T. « Show Less
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I have a similar issue with multiple sets of speakers I wanted to run off Zone 2. I connected two 4 foot lengths of speaker wire (R&L;) to the Zone 2 posts on the receiver, and used them as "pig-tails." Then I routed all my various zone 2 speaker wires to the pig tails, connected pos to pos and neg to neg. Works fine.
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the advice I found, and only after trying it with Bi-wired with my receiver, was unless you actually have two amps to power the speaker, wire it with the bridge in place via the single channel. You won't notice enough change with it bi-wired, and you only end up losing a pair of channels that you could otherwise use for rear surround or a second zone.
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This will work fine. One line would be dedicated to the outside speakers and the other line to the inside speakers. In addition, if you have a two-line stereo receiver you can have one line dedicated to the outside speakers and one to the inside speakers. You could then use this spliter to have the inside speakers be dedicated either A or B so you can have speakers in different rooms that you can control separately or have on simultaneously.
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My husband has connected our external TV speakers to the unit and turned off the TV speakers. He said it was not very user friendly, but with perseverance it can be done. Sorry, I don't know what zone 2 is.
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Dear James, The SA-4 amplifier is made to run one pair of speakers. Are these 4 speakers you wish to run an independent system, or are you trying to run a second zone off of an existing system? That will help me greatly in recommending the right type of product. Regards, Eric Cohen World Wide Stereo
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Personally im using dedicated receiver for my speakers outdoors with a Zone 3 line ran to it. I am using a dedicated receiver for the purpose of the "A" & "B" so that i can control two separate zones in my yard. Ex. Zone "A" is around the pool and Zone "B" is the BBQ lounging area and when we are having a party Zone's "A" and "B" at the same time. But these speakers do need a dedicated amp to run them but any amp with a minimum of at least 100 watts per channel will be ok. but it really comes down to how much you want to spend. Check out "Sony STRDH130 2 Channel Stereo Receiver" or even some cheap Pyle stereo amps here on amazon.
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You can actually use a speaker selector to do it correctly. That makes all 4 of your speakers a zone in one room without losing power to the speakers. The pig tail method drains power so the volume would suffer probably...depends on the aggregate load of all your speakers.
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I don't think so. You'd use the switch if you wanted to selectively drive 2 PAIRS of speakers from the 2nd zone. The switch would allow you to drive Pair A or Pair B or A+B.
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I don't understand your question--you speak of connecting one regular speaker wire to these rca connections, but this _is_ the speaker wire, so it sounds as if you're asking about connecting a speaker wire to the speaker wire. This product is only used to connect speakers that have a single rca input on the back to a receiver, so on one end of each wire there's a male rca jack, and on the other there's two strands of bare copper wire that you connect to the positive and negative terminals on the back of your receiver. The rca jack does not plug into the receiver, as there's only one rca plug per wire--so if you're looking for speaker wire with rca plugs on the receiver end, this isn't the right product for you.
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Mr. Garrett - Technically this is a 2-channel Amp. You can easily wire 2 pairs of speakers to it however, and alternate between the two or run them simultaneously. I have run 4 6 ohm speakers this way without issue and it played plenty loud. I imagine you could easily run up to 3-4 pairs of 8 ohm speakers in parallel this way, or more if you ran them in series. But it would be safer to make sure that you used the same speaker if you were going to start hooking up tons of them (because the impedance of each would be about the same)!If you wanted to run multiple speakers off the amp, like the other responder, you could do it, provided that you keep the impedance above the 4 ohm minimum. Mr. Garrett - Technically this is a 2-channel Amp. You can easily wire 2 pairs of speakers to it however, and alternate between the two or run them simultaneously. I have run 4 6 ohm speakers this way without issue and it played plenty loud. I imagine you could easily run up to 3-4 pairs of 8 ohm speakers in parallel this way, or more if you ran them in series. But it would be safer to make sure that you used the same speaker if you were going to start hooking up tons of them (because the impedance of each would be about the same)!If you wanted to run multiple... » Read More Mr. Garrett - Technically this is a 2-channel Amp. You can easily wire 2 pairs of speakers to it however, and alternate between the two or run them simultaneously. I have run 4 6 ohm speakers this way without issue and it played plenty loud. I imagine you could easily run up to 3-4 pairs of 8 ohm speakers in parallel this way, or more if you ran them in series. But it would be safer to make sure that you used the same speaker if you were going to start hooking up tons of them (because the impedance of each would be about the same)!If you wanted to run multiple speakers off the amp, like the other responder, you could do it, provided that you keep the impedance above the 4 ohm minimum. « Show Less
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You could run that many speakers at the same time if you use the impedance button; which reduces the quality of sound. I run two speakers per zone (total of 12....but I do not run all zones at the same time). But with that said, there are 6 zones and I run 5 HIGH quality speakers at any given time on 3 zones without using the impedance button. The product suited my needs as expected, as I have speakers wired throughout my whole house.
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My husband hooked this up. We have 2 speakers in and 2 outside. He said you just have to decide which ones you want to play together. So if you want the 5 inside to play together hook these up to the screws on either side marked A/B, then the outside ones would get hooked to the screws marked B. Now the 5 inside should play alone when position to A, the ouside ones should play when in B position, and they should all play when in th A/B position. Hope this helps.
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This model has a Zone A left and right as well as a Zone B left and right. So its set up for 4 speakers direct without any special wiring.
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Think of this unit as 5 individual power amps to do as you please. Use "Y" input connectors to create 2 sets of 2 speaker outputs. Add an external equalizer if you need further adjustments. What you'll want to do with the 5th channel is anyone's guess. I hope this helps.
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I have 6 sets a bit closer...I would use 12AWGIt's better to use the thickest wire so you have no drops over long runs...mine sounds amazing.I would recomend getting the sub and place it between the two speakers...it makes a huge diff but not needed.You actually get a full range outside.
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My receiver has 2 zones, but I've never used both. I bet you can figure out away to make it do what you want.
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there are no additional zone inputs, you can select the 6 and 7th channel as a 2nd zone amp 2 channel but this is not a multi room receiver, you don't "input" you output additional zones, you need a receiver or multi zone amplifier that will power a pair of speakers in the 3 rooms in your home other marantz models can do this. and there are many multi zone systems out there as well