Looking For Help Or Suggestions

elsid88

The Problem:
Friend has basement with new HT and 4 seperate audio zones. HT wire goes fine by contractor, however, when hooking up the zones for the seperate audio, they have a 2 wire going from the receiver to the audio hub and then 4 wire from there. So, basically only 1 channel is going to the audio hub.

The wire is run the drywall is up, the bar is finished where all of this zone wire is run to.

Question:
Is there anything out there that can be done to carry the stereo signal across that one wire(L/R)? (To pull a new wire through would be highly destructive and expensive).

Would splitting the wire at the audio hub to have 2 channel mono cause any damage to the in-ceiling speakers or the receiver?

I just feel bad because they have 4 zone's of Polk RC60i's and they won't have a chance to hear their full capacity.

Thanks in advance.

Tom...

WilliamM2

If the wire was installed by a contractor, and he did it wrong, I would think it's up to him to fix it, and he would also be responsible for the cost of any drywal repair.

elsid88

You are correct...

Contractor is also a friend.

Just trying to find the best resolution to the problem without doing what I think is the only thing to do which is to rip up drywall and granite.

Tom...

obieone

Possibly stupid question, but, is the 2 wire secured in place?-i.e. stapled to framing.
If not, you may not have to rip EVERYTHING back out, but, just cut enough access ports to pull 4 wire, then patch?

elsid88

Thanks for the suggestion. Thought of that as well, but unfortunately it was attached.

The contractor finally had to cut drywall and break some granite to feed through a new line.

Live and learn...


Tom...