Need advice on a Wall-Mountable stereo, also How to connect Extra speakers to hifi

jasper1422 · 01-12-2009 4:35pm #1

Hi all

I’m looking for some help on how to go about connecting extra speakers to Hi fi. the system I am buying is iLuv I9200 4CD Vertical iPod System. The reason I’m buying this one is that its wall mountable and looks good. The wall I am putting it up on has cables running back to each corner. So I have 4 cables to connect into this stereo. My question is can I just double up on the output for the external speakers that already come with unit? Meaning 2 cables go into left and 2 into right?

Can someone recommend where I can buy a good speaker at a ok price?

Can someone recommend a wall mountable stereo to which I can connect four speakers ?

Thanks for your help.

Regards

Note: Editted by Mod to reflect thread closed elsewhere, Ritz.

Idleater · 01-12-2009 5:05pm

If you run the speakers in parallel you halve the Ohms, if you run them in series you double the ohms.

The former situation increases the load requirement on the amplifier (and if it can't deliver it it may go pop).
The latter situation halves the effective output of the speakers so you have to increase the power to listen at the same volume.

power and volume are logarithmic.

What specific output (power or ohm) does the device support?

jasper1422 · 01-12-2009 7:02pm

Total RMS wattage of the unit is 20W. Ipod control of the unit is direct control. Impedance of the unit is 4 ohms. Audio output of the product is 2 x 10WRMS

kuro_man · 03-12-2009 11:03am

you would have to get 4 x 2 ohm speakers (could be hard to find) and run each pair in parallel,

Personally, I wouldn't bother.

jasper1422 · 03-12-2009 11:09am

kuro_man wrote: »

you would have to get 4 x 2 ohm speakers (could be hard to find) and run each pair in parallel,

Personally, I wouldn't bother.

What about buying a speaker selector switch box.

Could i get different speakers then?

kuro_man · 03-12-2009 11:20am

if you are running only 1 pair at a time then you should get 4-ohm speakers.

Don't know about your budget, but a decent hi-fi amp (or AV receiver) would have the power and impedence flexibility to run multiple speakers. Modern ones have a input jack for an ipod dock and sound quality would be uncomparable. Look at Richer Sounds/superfi/ebay etc on the web to see what's available.

jasper1422 · 03-12-2009 12:48pm

kuro_man wrote: »

if you are running only 1 pair at a time then you should get 4-ohm speakers.

Don't know about your budget, but a decent hi-fi amp (or AV receiver) would have the power and impedence flexibility to run multiple speakers. Modern ones have a input jack for an ipod dock and sound quality would be uncomparable. Look at Richer Sounds/superfi/ebay etc on the web to see what's available.

Its just that where i'm putting the audio system/hi fi it needs to be wall mountable. And there isn't a great choice. if i get a speaker selector switch box and run 1 pair at a time will that be ok?

Can you reccomened a good 4 ohm speaker to suit what i'm doing?

regards

Idleater · 03-12-2009 4:54pm

I'm not sure that piece of kit is designed to run much more than the speakers it comes with.

The safest option for you would be to buy a second set of the same speakers and use an A/B speaker switch to play either of the pairs. I doubt that it would survive for long powering both pairs.

jasper1422 · 04-12-2009 12:48pm

nereid wrote: »

I'm not sure that piece of kit is designed to run much more than the speakers it comes with.

The safest option for you would be to buy a second set of the same speakers and use an A/B speaker switch to play either of the pairs. I doubt that it would survive for long powering both pairs.

Thats proabably the best option now.thanks

Can anyone recomened a good hifi/audio system that i can put on shelf(not to big) and looks good and good sound and that i can connect extra speakers too.

And one that i can buy online.

Regards

Need advice on a Wall-Mountable stereo, also How to connect Extra speakers to hifi

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