BudgetAudiophile

1511 readers

2 users here now

A place for AUDIO enthusiast to share, discuss and listen to others people setups

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

KintsugiUwU@lemmy.world

Need Help: Receiver + 3 Sets of Speakers Arrangement and Math (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world to c/budgetaudiophile@lemmy.world

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I have an Onkyo TX-8020 audio receiver and three sets of bookshelf speakers. The receiver has terminals for two sets of speakers. Is there a way that I can wire all three sets into the two sets of terminals? Perhaps with two pairs wired in parallel or serial?

One speaker set rated for 6 ohms and the two other sets are rated to 8 ohms. I want to run speakers in my small house for the kitchen, office, and living room. Speaker impedance math is so over my head. Any help would be appreciated. I just don't want to burn out my receiver. This is all cludged together from garage sale finds and family giveaways.

The receiver power output is rated as: 180 W (3 Ω, Front) 160 W (4 Ω, Front) 100 W (8 Ω, Front)

The speakers sets are rated at: The two Dayton sets - 40W, 8 Ω Pioneer set - 80w, 6 Ω

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You could totally wire two sets of speakers in parallel. Your receiver is rated for it and the speakers won't care. The load might be a bit more reactive than ideal, but it won't be the end of the world. The only downside is that both sets will always be active.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Reassurance is really all I needed. Thanks gonna try it on the holiday weekend!

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't connect multiple speakers to a single output. Since your receiver model has a/b selection, you could have 2 sets of speakers connected but not 3. I didn't see Bluetooth as an option on that model, and even if it was, you would need powered speakers to even try that.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's my very trepidacious view as well but I see many respected places, Crutchfield, Rockville, etc say that it is possible to run them in parallel to run more speakers.