Hi there- I’m new to this site and this forum. I recently decided to put a receiver and speakers in my garage/workshop after years of using a simple job site radio. I bought a Sony STR-DH190 two Channel receiver (100 x 2) because it was affordable, has Bluetooth and I don’t need surround sound. I also appreciate a simple straight forward receiver without 575 possible adjustments. I’ve paired this receiver with 2 old Pioneer S-H352F-K tower speakers that handle 160w each. They are 8ohm speakers.
This set up works fine but I’m considering changing to 4 Dayton Audio 1065XTW speakers to save space in my shop and better disperse sound over my approx 30’ x 30’ garage. These speakers handle 50watts RMS/100watts peak.
my question has to do with the A & B speaker inputs on my receiver. “Zone“ A accepts two speakers and “zone” B accepts two speakers. Do “zones” A & B represent the two separate amp channels? If I attach 2 of my Dayton Audio speakers to each lettered “zone” does each speaker only get 50 watts? Is it possible the receiver is internally switched so that if I run only zone A each of those speakers get 100watts and only when I turn on zone B does each speaker get 50 watts? I’ve played both zones at the same time and it works Fine but I haven’t hooked up the new Dayton Audio speakers because I don’t want to risk damaging them. I couldn’t find any info about this in the owners manual of the new Sony receiver and the Sony customer service rep had no clue which led me here. I would appreciate some help here from anyone who knows this answer. No offense to those who’ve speculated on other answers I’ve read on here but I’d rather not risk damaging these speakers. If this set up absolutely won’t work, I plan to return these brand new speakers for bigger, more expensive ones that handle more power. Thank you!
