Do you think I can use the ELK-800 - 10 Watt Audio Amplifier between my A/V receiver and my Leviton SGAMP?
I have an A/V receiver. On zone 1, I have my main home theater speakers. On zone 2, I have my SGAMP, now connected to three different rooms. It's just that I find the volume to be lower on zone 2 and I want to juice it up a little. I don't have pre-amp outputs on my A/V, so I think my options are limited. I thought adding the Elk module would help a little, but I guess it won't.Between your A/V receiver and my Leviton SGAMP? You lost me on this one.... why don't you explain what you want to accomplish and get some ideas.
JVC RX-8000VBK (about 8 years old, if I remember correctly). Specs say: 120W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 ohms, 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0,02% total harmonic disruption.What receiver? I'd be curious to look up the specs on it to see the power output of zone 2.
OK - that would make sense and you do need to put an amplifier between the Zone2 Preout and the SGAMP. But I think you'll want something a lot more powerful than a ELK-800.
You could even use just about any cheap receiver since you can hook volume controls to the SGAMP. But something with more than 10 watts, please...![]()
IMPORTANT:
You can activate two pairs of the front speakers at the same time only
when the SPEAKER LOAD SELECTOR on the rear panel is set to
“HIGH†and when no signals are sent to the center and rear speakers.
Otherwise, activating one pair of the speakers deactivates the other.
Yes. It is and A/B switch and not really a second zone. I can play A and B by themselves, or together. No problem there. But the volume seems lower on the B output. So what I'm looking for is something to amplify the sound between my B output and my SGAMP. So the speaker wires coming out of B on my current A/V receiver would plug into some kind of amp or another receiver, from which I'd then have another pair of speaker wires going into my SGAMP.OK - I looked at the manual and it appears that your receiver has a A/B speaker switch - not really 2 zones. So you can have speakers A playing or speakers B playing or both sets at the same time. They would be listening to the same source, and the volume control will control both sets of speakers.
If you cannot play both A and B speakers at the same time, then check out this note from the manual.
IMPORTANT:
You can activate two pairs of the front speakers at the same time only
when the SPEAKER LOAD SELECTOR on the rear panel is set to
“HIGH†and when no signals are sent to the center and rear speakers.
Otherwise, activating one pair of the speakers deactivates the other.
Otherwise you should be able to connect your B speaker output directly to the SGAMP. Honestly, I'd be more inclined to simply dedicate the receiver to the SGAMP because you'll probably want the volume turned up all the way on the receiver and use the volume controls on the SGAMP to lower the volume in the individual rooms.
I fail to see how this would help because the volume on output B seems lower whether or not output A is active. In other words, if I'm playing music through output B and I suddenly turn on output A, I don't see a drop in volume.Not really a good idea to try and amplify a high level signal from an output of a receiver. Have you considered using a LPAD speaker volume control on the A output to balance the volume with the B output. That would be a more conventional approach. Make sure it is a impedance matching type to maintain the proper impedance on the receiver.
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I think what he was suggesting is that you turn up the volume of the receiver to a point that the B volume is loud enough. This would cause the A volume to generally be too loud, so you could use the volume control on the A speaker to lower it to an acceptable level.
I'd personally suggest that you scrap using the B speaker output and go buy a used receiver somewhere on the cheap. Use the 2nd receiver to power the SGAMP. Check out your local craigslist, yard sales or pawn shops and I bet you can find something really cheap.
I think what he was suggesting is that you turn up the volume of the receiver to a point that the B volume is loud enough. This would cause the A volume to generally be too loud, so you could use the volume control on the A speaker to lower it to an acceptable level.
I'd personally suggest that you scrap using the B speaker output and go buy a used receiver somewhere on the cheap. Use the 2nd receiver to power the SGAMP. Check out your local craigslist, yard sales or pawn shops and I bet you can find something really cheap.