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Thread: How to hook up two sets of sound systems? |
    
New member Username: Bananazebra
Post Number: 1
Registered: Aug-09
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 01:40 pm: |
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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: Nuck
Post Number: 13317
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 01:49 pm: |
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Thats a lot of stuff, Jake, but you name 2 amps and no source of music, nor what you want to achieve. |
New member Username: Bananazebra
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Registered: Aug-09
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 05:05 pm: |
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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.
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Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13318
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 06:33 pm: |
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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. |
New member Username: Bananazebra
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Registered: Aug-09
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 07:24 pm: |
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Thanks for the response Nuck. I guess my real question is how to connect the two systems together?
Jake |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13319
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 08:28 pm: |
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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. |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 2951
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:51 pm: |
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Sometimes not even on purpose.... |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13325
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 07:29 pm: |
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Just your amp, Dave. |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 2954
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 07:35 pm: |
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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. |
Silver Member Username: James_the_god
Lancaster,
Lancashire
England
Post Number: 810
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 06:22 am: |
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Throw a bit of fire in there too.. |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13329
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 03:30 pm: |
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Yikes! |
New member Username: Wireos
Post Number: 2
Registered: Sep-09
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| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 06:57 am: |
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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. |
Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 13919
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 12:36 pm: |
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"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: Jujuwiz
Post Number: 1
Registered: Sep-09
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| Posted on Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 08:54 pm: |
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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? |
Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 13944
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 09:48 pm: |
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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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