Hooking up to a 7.2 receiver

[jmcqueen42]

What is the best way to hook up 6 speakers to zone 2, a sound selector.
Zone one will be my main surround sound

Thanks,
Michael

 

[markw]

Are you using internal amps or do you just have RCA outputs?

What do you mean by a "sound selector"? A speaker selector switch with two speakers on each of three channels?

 

[jmcqueen42]

Onkyo TXNR 626 receiver with RCA outputs, yes I meant a speaker selector switch, probably a good one is by NILES..... Not sure

 

[markw]

Niles makes good products but you'll need a two channel power amp between those RCA outputs and that speaker selector.

 

[Seth=L]

You can pick up a used niles si-275 on ebay for about $100 routinely. They're great amps and stable down to 2.66ohms. I have one and I'm not getting rid of it, fantastic little amp.

 

[Seth=L]

Also, when you get a speaker selector be sure you get one that does impedance matching so it doesn't cook your amp when you decide to run all the speakers at once.

 

[jmcqueen42]

Niles makes good products but you'll need a two channel power amp between those RCA outputs and that speaker selector.

what is a two channel power amp and where do you hook it up, I will have several RCA outputs

 

[markw]

I really think you should study your owners manual a bit but you would connect the two channel power amp to your Zone 2 RCA outputs.

You can google "2 channel power amps" for the answer to that question.