Using speaker selector box

muncybob
muncybob Posts: 3,267
edited June 2011 in Electronics
I have an old Yamaha integrated amp 60 watts/ch that I'll be giving to a friend...it has A & B speaker switch. He wants to run 4 ceiling speakers in his Man Room and possibly 4 outdoor speakers. He would not run outdoor and room speakers at the same time.

I'm not crazy about running so many speakers but it's what he wants to do. Seems to me he could do this with the amp if he connected 2 speaker selector boxes(with impedance protection)...one to A and other to B on the amp? I doubt he'll ever really push the amp. Is this asking for trouble? Any other way to do this other than a different amp?

How about something like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPEAKER-SWITCHER-SELECTER-SELECTOR-2-3-4-ZONE-ROOM-/170571245145?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b6d6a659
Yep, my name really is Bob.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    I did something similar years ago--IIRC we used an Adcom speaker box.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited June 2011
    I use a adcom gfs-3 to run diff. Speakers in three diff. Rooms. Has a protec. Circut and works great! Not pricey either ( 40. 00) used. All metal construction, well made!
    Main Rig:
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    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
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    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
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