RCA out to speaker wires in

[howmanyds]

My tuner, a Denon avr-1713, has two rca outputs (1 red, 1 wt) for Zone2. I have 4 alternative speaker locations in my pre-wired house and I'm installing speakers into 2 of those locations. I have a Pyle power stereo speaker selector as my preamp. It takes an input of speaker wires, not rca cables. How do I get the signal from my tuner's rca out to the preamp's speaker wire in? Do I just modify an rca plug so that the inside wire goes to the red terminal and the outer wire goes to the black? Or vice versa?

Thanks.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

Not to over simplify, but are you sure those RCA outputs are not high power (amplified), i.e. suitable for a pre-amp's input?

 

[drvnbysound]

It's been a WHILE since I've seen any sort of amplified [home] audio device that doesn't have RCA audio inputs. Then again, it's also been a LONG time since I've seen any Pyle equipment :mellow:

Unfortunately, I don't know that you are going to find an easy fix for this... going the other way (speaker level to RCA) is easy (via line-output converters). I've never tried to use them 'backwards', but it might be possible.

 

[howmanyds]

Being a newbie, i was not sure the difference between a preamp and a powered amp. It looks like this Pyle is a preamp, and I must need a powered one. By the way, I was able to splice some speaker cord into the RCA cables, and i get a signal but its very weak. To an audiophile I'm sure it sounds terrible too. I'll try to find an affordable powered multi channel amp.

 

[JimS]

I think you are mixing up the terminology and your "speaker selector" is not a preamp - it may provide more power at the output but not more voltage (must admit I am not familiar with that particular equipment). RCA plugs typically provide "line level" signals - much lower than speaker levels. Sounds like you need a basic amplifier. You might look at jwilson56's "now playing" blog. He uses multiple receivers to make a zoned solution rather than more expensive multi zone amp.

 

[tadr]

Those RCA outputs are line level, not speaker level. These line level outputs are often called "pre-outs" or "pre-amplifier output." An amplifier converts line level signals to speaker level outputs.

In short, you need an amplifier with a line level input to do what you want. A lot of people use the Audiosource Amp-100 with good results

 

[Neurorad]

Most any old AVR could be used as an amp, to power zone 2.

 

[tmbrown97]

Yup - those are non-amplified line-outs; your speaker selector is expecting an amplified input... I've looked into standalone 2-channel amplifiers in the past and found it cheaper to just grab a low-featured receiver ($50/fry's for a kenwood) that worked great for me.