Re: Volume control at the speaker?

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Simple answer. Purchase a speaker selector switch at any electronics
outlet. The selector switch takes one pair of amplifier outputs and
spilts out the output to 4 and up to 8 stereo pairs. (it takes care of
the impedance problems).Home run the cable from each stereo pair of
speakers in each room to an 8 ohm stereo wall attenuator in that room
and then bring the cables back to the speaker selector outputs. Fidelity
is not normally a huge concern on room distribution since the speakers
are of medium quality to begin with and the music is typically
background type.

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This was the method i used, works really great and i control where i
want sound.I wired a run to the bathroom from the bedroom and I have a
volume control knob to lower the volume in the room and let the bathroom
dominate the output until one is done bathing or whatever......I have
high end speakers located in all 4 zones & a small altec lansing
subwoofer in the bathrm high left over the doorway puts out really great
audio.

Volume controls differ, if you can find a 2 circuit switched type to
totally cut off output to one & attenuating the other speaker can come
in handy in some places where you don't want to totally cut volume to a
zone of a selected speaker pair from the selector. (the misses could be
watching soap operas while I shower with Infiite Voyage playing in the
bathroom only, then I can just pump up the volume in the room again,
lower the tv and get her while she's all misty over whatever's going on
in the show };-)

Roy Q.T.
Urban Technician
[I don't make em, I just fix em]