Hi,

I've set up speakers in a number of rooms in my house plus my deck,
all plugged into one receiver. I know it's not best to have so many
speakers on one receiver, but the flow of the house -- and it's age --
prevented me from using different sources of music or wiring through
the walls and setting up a command center. However, although I get
sound to all speakers, the volume differs greatly between the rooms.

I have a Pioneer VSX-D5095 receiver. On the A Speakers, I've
connected a 3-way splitter from Radio Shack that actually goes to four
sets of speakers. On the B Speakers, I've connected two sets of
speakers outside on my deck. None of the speakers are anything
special, just small satellite speakers.

If I play the A speakers only, the sound is fairly consistent,
although the speakers in the bathroom are too loud comparatively.
(I'm thinking I could use an in-line volume control on these speakers
to step down their volume.) However, if I add the B speakers, the
volume needed to make the deck a good listening level makes the indoor
speakers much too loud.

As I was typing this, I realized I could put in-line volume controls
on all my indoor speakers and step them down. (Am I correct that the
in-line volume controls can only make the volume less, that they can't
increase the initial volume?) Or are there in-line
amplifiers/repeaters for speakers? I did a search for them on Google
and mostly found info on DSS signal amplifiers. Depending on the
price, I think I'd rather add an in-line amplifier if it exists,
rather than volume controllers, because we have an area to throw
horseshoes, and I'd like to place one of those rock speakers to hear
music over there.

I'm assuming that something that could just be placed into the middle
of the speaker wires would be convenient but, if not, I still have my
amplifiers plus a couple of unused receivers from when I used to DJ.
Would it be possible to somehow run the output for Speaker B through a
second amplifier/receiver and then adjust all volumes according?

Thanks for any suggestions?

Jason