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New member Username: BananazebraPost Number: 1 Registered: Aug-09 | Hi, I know very little about sound systems, so please bear with my poor explanations. My friend and I have two sound systems: one has an amp, a subwoofer, four speakers that connect with speaker wire, and one speaker that connects wirelessly; the other has a single amp/subwoofer and two speakers that connect with speaker wire. Is there any way that we could hook up both of the systems together? Thanks a lot in advance. Jake P.S. Just a little more information about the systems, in case you need it: the subwoofer in the first system has two sets of RCA connections and two sets of speaker wire connections, but I'm not sure about the amp in the first system; the amp/subwoofer in the second system also has two sets of RCA connections and two sets of speaker wires. |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13317 Registered: Dec-04 | Thats a lot of stuff, Jake, but you name 2 amps and no source of music, nor what you want to achieve. |
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New member Username: BananazebraPost Number: 2 Registered: Aug-09 | The source of music would be an Ipod. It would connect to the RCA on one of the amps. I want to achieve the loudest music possible. Thanks! |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13318 Registered: Dec-04 | Check the specs and use the speakers with the higher sensitivity. If the sub is a powered one, use that. Check the input sensitivity of each amp to see which is lower, and compare that to the voltage out from the ipod, which I assume is your volume control. |
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New member Username: BananazebraPost Number: 3 Registered: Aug-09 | Thanks for the response Nuck. I guess my real question is how to connect the two systems together? Jake |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13319 Registered: Dec-04 | You dont, jake. Things are made to work a certain way. When you start plugging in wires and cables without knowing basic connectivity, stuff just blows up. Trust me, I have blown stuff up. |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 2951 Registered: Feb-07 | Sometimes not even on purpose.... |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13325 Registered: Dec-04 | Just your amp, Dave. |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 2954 Registered: Feb-07 | Haha. I guess I'm not one to talk, since I have been known to blow up Totems while trying out new gear. Not yours, though. Yet. |
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Silver Member Username: James_the_godLancaster, Lancashire England Post Number: 810 Registered: Jan-05 | Throw a bit of fire in there too.. |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13329 Registered: Dec-04 | Yikes! |
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New member Username: WireosPost Number: 2 Registered: Sep-09 | If your source of music is an iPod, then why dont you opt for an iPod dock and connect all the speakers through the dock. Meanwhile you say that you have a wireless speaker also. So an iPod Dock should work out fine. |
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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 13919 Registered: May-04 | . "Question of the Month: Connecting Two Amps to the Same Speakers"; http://us.mc810.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome?.partner=sbc&.gx=0&.tm=1253291631&.ran d=cp37pd6iensp9#tech . |
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New member Username: JujuwizPost Number: 1 Registered: Sep-09 | I've got about as much know-how (less, actually) as this asker and I'm about to give up for fear of blowing myself up, but I thought I'd see if I was overlooking something simple. I got some free speakers from a friend (no idea what kind, sorry), and I'm trying to connect them to my dinky cd player (a Crosley Musician Entertainment Center). I got a stereo wire/RCA connector from the store, switched to the 'input' source in the back, hooked 'em up, it all seems straightforward, but it ain't working. I can hear the music faintly coming from the speakers, but the turning the volume up and down on the Crosley doesn't do a thing, one way or the other. Am I missing something simple? I don't need a separate amplifier, do I? Should I just throw in the towel and call someone? |
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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 13944 Registered: May-04 | . The Crosley has no speaker outputs. You are very likely connecting the speaker cables to a line level output (or possibly an input). An amplifier won't help since you have no way to pull the signal from the Crosley. The Crosley is what it is and that's all it ever will be. Buy an inexpensive receiver, Best Buy sells an Insignia for something like $89 on sale. Pair this with a stand alone CD player and you'll have a basic system. . |
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New member Username: WireosPost Number: 3 Registered: Sep-09 | Is it possible to connect two amps to one speaker. ? |
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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 14280 Registered: May-04 | . Not if you want the amplifiers to work afterwards. You'll need a switch with a center null position so the amplifiers do not see each other. I believe such switches are not difficult to find nowdays, you might try Audio Advisor. This allows one amplifier to operate the speakers while the other sits dormant. If you're trying to get higher wattage by connecting two amplifiers at once, it doesn't work. . |