RCA audio to speaker wire

[benhull]

I need help.

I have speakers on my deck that have a wiring panel in my living room.

I have a Satellite box that has optical audio output and RCA output.
How can i get the audio from the satellite box and convert it to speaker wire for my speakers outside?

I know i could connect a receiver to it, but i dont want to have all of those devices in my living room.
I was looking into High to Low level converter, but they only seem to go one way. (Speaker to RCA)

Any ideas?

 

[TLS Guy]

I need help.

I have speakers on my deck that have a wiring panel in my living room.

I have a Satellite box that has optical audio output and RCA output.
How can i get the audio from the satellite box and convert it to speaker wire for my speakers outside?

I know i could connect a receiver to it, but i dont want to have all of those devices in my living room.
I was looking into High to Low level converter, but they only seem to go one way. (Speaker to RCA)

Any ideas?

You can't drive speakers from RCA line level outputs. An RCA out on your box is low voltage with no power available. So you absolutely have to have a preamp/amp, an integrated amp or a receiver.

You must have controllable power amplification between the RCA outs and your speakers.

 

[benhull]

Thanks.

Are there other options than a receiver?
I don’t want a massive box/device there that only serves one purpose, to convert the RCA audio to speakers, sitting in my TV cabinet.
Are their converters available or small amps that would do the job?

Thanks

 

[dkane360]

I don't know if these will have enough power for your application, but they're what came to mind.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-383

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-812

 

[TLS Guy]

Thanks.

Are there other options than a receiver?
I don’t want a massive box/device there that only serves one purpose, to convert the RCA audio to speakers, sitting in my TV cabinet.
Are their converters available or small amps that would do the job?

Thanks

There is no such thing as a converter for your application, but one of those small class D amps should do the rick depending on how loud you want to play it.

If you just want background levels then one of those small amps linked will do the job. I would get the 75 watt per channel one.

 

[bikemig]

Those Dayton amps look great esp. for the price. A rather different solution which is more expensive but you might find attractive is the nuforce icon-2. It is an amp that has rca input and a usb dac input (which is great if you plan on using a computer as a source) as well as a lineout that can be used for a sub. It does cost $349 though. This is the link, http://www.nuforce.com/hp/products/icon2/index.php. Frankly it is hard to beat the Daytons at that price but the nuforce offers you different options you might be interested in.

 

[BMXTRIX]

Bottom line is the same. If you want to drive large speakers, with lots of volume, then you need an amplifier to do it with. There are a dozen different ways to get amplifiers and to store amplifiers, but you must have one.

Your TV, for example, has a built in amplifier behind it for the tinny little speakers that come built into TVs.

But, they ALL have amplifiers!

So, for options, you can use wireless speakers, which have internal amplifiers. You can use powered speakers, which also have internal amplifiers. Or, as is the most typical solution, you can just put an amplifier at the box and use it.

The Parts Express amps listed above are a good way to go, or they have an even smaller one, about the size of a paperback book...

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=310-310

There is not really another option to this as speakers take power, and RCA outputs are not powered.