Amplifier needed for 8 speakers

blazesoftware

Need help with choosing an amplifier.


I have 8 speakers.

2 of these
http://www.n-joymusic.nl/apart-cm1008-p-9234.html?manufacturers_id=265

and 6 of these
http://www.n-joymusic.nl/apart-cm608-p-9233.html?manufacturers_id=265

I need to get an amp that I can use to provide music to all of these at the same time. I am ok that it will all be the same source. I also bought a 4 way switch box to put the 4 pairs of speakers into.

Can anyone please recommend a cheap amp I can use. I just want to pipe radio and some background music through them.

Thanks

blazesoftware

Anyone?

There was a thread about Ohms etc a few days back. Hoping someone can help me out.

Thanks

Idleater

blazesoftware wrote:

I also bought a 4 way switch box to put the 4 pairs of speakers into.

You have a speaker distribution thing like this?

It should accept a stereo signal, and then basically send that signal out to all the speakers.

Any stereo amp will provide a stereo source that you can plug into this.

Where are you locating all the speakers? Around a house or office for "piped" music?

If you are looking for 8channel Stereo (in the one room) then AV recievers can do this, but I'm not sure what you are looking to do.

L.

Lump

Why not buy a 7.1 Amp?

John

Lump

Actually I've read your post, that wouldn't work

John

Gilgamesh

you could cross Amp, meaning having two Amps interlinked with each other
I woudl recommend looking into this as I think this will be the only way to get a decent result for what you are trying to do.

blazesoftware

The speaker switch I have is this exact one http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29754&criteria=speaker%20switches&doy=25m5


Basically all I want to do is play the radio and CDs or Mp3s through the speakers. I have one pair of speakers in the kitchen, one in living room, one in another room and last pair enclosed in a conservatory. The idea of the switch is so that I can switch off any pair I like if we are not in that room.

I assume I need to wire the switch box to the amp and then the amp to the radio or CD player. I just dont know what AMP to use. I just want to keep things simple and cheap.

I know it will be the same music source throughout which is fine. Just need help with what amp vs the speaker watts and OHM stuff. It needs to be powerful enough to power all of them at the same time.

Thanks again

Idleater

blazesoftware wrote:

I just dont know what AMP to use. I just want to keep things simple and cheap.

This would be adequate.

Red Alert

You might be better off forgetting about the switch box and buying two smaller amps.

Plug the tape out from one into the tape in of the other, and it would give you a bit of flexibility with volumes and sources (later on) if you wanted to.

blazesoftware

Thanks guys. I'll check out Richer sounds so and the price is good too. Thanks.