help with speaker selectgor

[JeanB]

Help with connecting the Musica speaker selector to receiver. I have 3 sets of speaker wires already attached to selector.

 

[lovinthehd]

Best to post specifics about gear (model numbers). Is this what you're referring to? https://www.mtx.com/musicass6-6-position-speaker-selector

What speakers are involved and what other gear?

 

[BMXTRIX]

Use the amplified Zone 2 output on your AVR, which we have to assume you have since you didn't tell us what you own, and connect it to the 'A' input on the speaker selector.

Z2 Left + to the A input, Left + connection
Z2 Left - to the A input, Left - connection
Z2 Right + to the A input, Right + connection
Z2 Right - to the A input, Right - connection

Done.

If your AV receiver doesn't have a powered zone 2 output, or any zone 2 output, then you can't really do this at all. If your entire usage for the AV receiver is to power these speakers, only, then you will use the main left and right outputs and you need to setup the receiver for stereo only audio output. You also will want to ensure the volume is at a specific level.

Not sure how you are controlling volume or selecting sources or what sources you are using... or much else. So this is all just following 'standard' connectivity of a speaker selector to a normal AV receiver.

 

[Focus SE]

I am running a marantz cinema 60 and a Marantz amp 7055. Originally I had two sets of infinities (kappa 7.1 @6ohm and sm120 @ 8 ohm) on the cinema 60 is a setting for multi channel stereo. This allowed for the music to play left and right through both speakers simultaneously. Audiophiles would ask why. I just like the added fullness of sound at the expense of purity. Those speakers worked well together. I like what I like. Since then I have upgraded speakers to legacy focus se v1. And legacy expressions both 4ohm. When now running in multi channel the sound in the much smaller expressions is over powering the focus se. The focus se is more than fine on its own without needing any help but I’m curious if anyone has a guess as to why the disparity? I know the Marantz doesn’t rate their system down to 4 ohm and maybe that’s where the problem lies.

 

[Focus SE]

What caught my eye on this thread was switching. I am starting to set up a music room and would like to have multiple speakers to choose from. All the switches I’ve seen seem to be for large banks of speakers on small gauge wire. I’m currently just running a 12g speaker and I don’t want the switch to be a weak link in restricting power to the speakers. Any suggestions on a good flow through switch? I’m just looking to do honest comparisons in speakers in a room for fun

 

[TLS Guy]

What caught my eye on this thread was switching. I am starting to set up a music room and would like to have multiple speakers to choose from. All the switches I’ve seen seem to be for large banks of speakers on small gauge wire. I’m currently just running a 12g speaker and I don’t want the switch to be a weak link in restricting power to the speakers. Any suggestions on a good flow through switch? I’m just looking to do honest comparisons in speakers in a room for fun

Are you trying to set up an old dealers demo room, or what? I think you will end up making a mistake, and sooner rather than later, and destroy your gear. I think you are trying to create a system of the Frankenstein variety.

What you need is a set of right and left main speakers, plus one or two subs as the foundation. That will give you stereo. If you want multi channel audio you don't send the same signal to a bunch of speakers around the room. You can add a center channel, then surrounds, and rear backs if you want. If you get into Atmos, then that requires four or six ceiling speakers as well. The speakers need to be placed to Dolby specs. You can use the Dolby upmixer to create a version of surround sound if you want. Don't use multi channel stereo, it is very hard on the electronics.

But if you do as I described then you can enjoy discreet multichannel audio in its various formats.

 

[Focus SE]

As the title of this site suggests I have a problem with audio and I can’t get enough. Like alcoholics, audioholics just don’t know when to stop. Absolutely a dealer demo room was going to be a feature I wanted. My goal is to locate a set of infinity kappa 9.1’s, then I will have both of my dream speakers. I need to answer my life’s struggle. Who is better, infinity in their heyday or legacy? Separate but equal amplification is the intent. I’m on a journey here and experimenting along the way. The purpose of the switch is mainly for ease of connecting speakers without moving equipment out of the cabinet.the zone two feature doesn’t have a pre out. I just don’t want the switch to be a sound choke point. The kappa’s I want have a reputation for being amp killers back in the day and that was why I wanted the switch. I fully understand the complexity of electronic destruction possibilities by running too heavy a load especially with different ohm loads on the speakers The sound I’m trying to achieve is now there in the focus se’s I love them. I don’t need anything but to tweak my equipment to get the best sound I’ve dreamed of. (Totally off topic Fleetwood mac’s “Sara” has the widest sound stage on these legacy’s I heard so far.} But that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate different sound. My experiment with connecting two reasonably good but different speakers, for me told me that sometimes two good independent speakers together can add to sound.(I can hear the purist gasping in disbelief as I type) I know of a guy that runs Maggie’s and legacy Aries simultaneously. Is it pure NO. But it works. My legacies will have a for sale date later than the date on my death certificate but I want to have fun. I enjoy the purity but I also appreciate different sound. So help with a good switch would be great.