Stereo Speakers Selector

Price: $311.99

Handles 100Watts Per Channel with Speaker Systems that have a Minimum Impedance of 8 Ohms - Dimensions: 16.92- Inches(W) x 3.03- Inches(H) x 6.29- Inches(D)
Individual Speaker Volume Control
Protection Circuitry Keeps it Running Smoothly
Up to 4 Separate Speaker Pairs to your Stereo System - Support Two Stereo Amplifiers
Accepts Speaker Wires Up to 14- Gauge - Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz

Im hooking up an in-ceiling speaker system for my new house. I ordered 6 speakers, 5 in wall volume adjustment knobs, and a Pyle PSS6 6-Pair High Power Stereo Speaker Selector. I thought I ordered everything I need, because the website said it was an "entire house kit" that had everything I need. But the more I look around, don't i need a stereo amplifier to power the speakers??? I dont think the speaker selector is an amp also. My question is, can I use an old CD player to hook into the speaker selector and use the wattage from my cd player? Or can I use my home theater surround sound dvd player, which is rated 1000 watts to power the speakers? Or do I need to just buy a stereo amplifier??? Thanks for your time. PS Im looking for something cheap, around 100 bucks if possible. Thanks.

You need a amplifier to run those speakers. It is possible to hook the speakers up to a basic stereo amp, like the Pyle PCA1 (link below), or a more sophisicated stereo receiver/amplifier, like a Yamaha RX-397 (link below). Most people, though, hook up speakers to a home theater receiver for use with surround sound from movies, music from CDs, or your iPod. An example is the Yamaha HTR-6230 (link provided below as well)

If you do pick the home theater route, avoid a cheap home theater system that comes with it's own speakers. You don't need the speakers, and hooking one up to your in-ceiling speakers maybe very difficult.

2009-09-27 21:38:25 by trinitytitans

I have an older stereo system with an amp that is not 5.1 so I am unable to use this for watching DVD's and get the surround sound but the sound it produces in stereo mode is awesome. I also have 5.1 amp that I use for watching DVD's, I want to have both amps hooked up to my 4 speakers and be able to switch between the amps depending if I want to watch a DVD or just listen to CD's. Is there a box out there that will allow you to switch between amp inputs? There are a lot of speaker selectors out there that allow you to switch between speaker sets but I want to be able to select my power source and use the same speakers. Will I have to build something to do this or is there something out there that I can buy to do this?

As long as you never have both amps turned on at the same time, you can just hook both amps to the speakers like you normally would.

Two red wires going into each speaker & two black wires going into each speaker.

I drew two pictures in Windows Paint & in case the way I worded what I said doesn't make any sense to anybody.

Picture number one, wires going into the speakers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/p obmmm/Pleppy1/w317102a.jpg

Picture number two, wires going from the amps to the speakers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/p obmmm/Pleppy1/bw317102C.jpg

edit -
Thinkenstein the reason would be the possible risk of damage that might occur if the power was to enter the amplifier that is turned off. If this is something that might be of concern, you can eliminate the risk by hooking each wire leaving the amplifiers into a simple home made on/off speaker switch before sending the wires to the speakers.

edit -
Good find Thinkenstein. Two of those Niles DPS-1 A-B selectors would work well for this application.

Thinkenstein's Link:
Niles DPS-1 Black Speaker Switching Device $85.46 each
Amplifier to Speakers A-B Selector
http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.as px?id=862

2007-04-27 18:18:01 by John