citrixmeister
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Has anyone installed a CAV 6.6 with more than 1 pair of speakers per zone? The installation I inherited has several zones with 2 pairs of 8 ohm speakers wired in parallel for the zone. The CAV 6.6 manual says that you need to install speakers with a resistance of 8 ohms into the zone, which will put out 20 watts per zone.
I have one zone with 3 pairs of speakers, and for that zone I installed a used Russound D250LS triggered with an impedance matching volume control, and that works very well. The thing is, I would rather not buy 4 more of those, with an equal number of volume controls.
I realize I could simply install the impedance matching and settle for lower sound volume, and maybe I will do that, but 2 x 8 ohm speakers in parallel is only impedance of 4 ohms, how bad is that really for the amp? Or is it simply Russound's interest in selling more hardware? Anyone run into this before?
I have one zone with 3 pairs of speakers, and for that zone I installed a used Russound D250LS triggered with an impedance matching volume control, and that works very well. The thing is, I would rather not buy 4 more of those, with an equal number of volume controls.
I realize I could simply install the impedance matching and settle for lower sound volume, and maybe I will do that, but 2 x 8 ohm speakers in parallel is only impedance of 4 ohms, how bad is that really for the amp? Or is it simply Russound's interest in selling more hardware? Anyone run into this before?