Hello - any insight you can provide on my setup would be most appreciated.
I moved into a home with a a whole-house speaker system and am not sure what type of amplifier I need to use it.
The old homeowners left a Sima SSW-4HP, but I think this is just a speaker selector, it's not clear to me whether this will sufficiently power all the speakers and what form of audio I can input to it.
There are four two-wire speaker cables that come out of the wall, and I was able to determine the following:
-Cable 1: controls 1 speaker, measures 6.6ohm
-Cable 2: controls 3 speakers, measures 2.2ohm
-Cable 3: controls 3 speakers, measures 2.5ohm
-Cable 4: does not appear to control anything, measures around 0ohm
What specs do I need to look for in choosing an amplifier?
What amplifier would you recommend?
I do not plan on using it a lot so don't need a top-of-the-line system.
I would like to play music over it via my laptop, I guess by using the laptop's headphone jack as an audio-out port that inputs to the amplifier?
Thank you for your time.