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Are there in-line amplifiers for speakers?
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 |
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