Hey Everyone,
I have two different porches with a pair Klipsch KHO 7's on each.
I also have a pair of old L100 Century's in our living room.
I am currently using a Marantz 2250B for the L100's and my tt and a Sony receiver from the early 90's to run the Klipsch speakers on my porches with a cd player. Everything sounds great but I would like to be able to run everything at the same time with correct ohm levels with great sound.
Is there a stereo receiver that has 3 dedicated speaker outs that someone could recommend? Not a surround type thing but just 3 stereo speaker outs. I have been looking at the Yamaha CR 1020...but didn't know if there were more options. I really don't want to get into a speaker selector type thing.
Thanks,
I have two different porches with a pair Klipsch KHO 7's on each.
I also have a pair of old L100 Century's in our living room.
I am currently using a Marantz 2250B for the L100's and my tt and a Sony receiver from the early 90's to run the Klipsch speakers on my porches with a cd player. Everything sounds great but I would like to be able to run everything at the same time with correct ohm levels with great sound.
Is there a stereo receiver that has 3 dedicated speaker outs that someone could recommend? Not a surround type thing but just 3 stereo speaker outs. I have been looking at the Yamaha CR 1020...but didn't know if there were more options. I really don't want to get into a speaker selector type thing.
Thanks,
I don't know about receivers with that feature, but if an amp would suffice, Sonance made Sonamps with 3 stereo output pairs in the 260 and 275 SE lines (both the "x3" versions) in the early to mid 2000's.
These amps are fairly rugged, and will handle a combined load down to 2.7Ω according to their spec. They were most commonly used in HT installations in the US; I don't know what their availability was/is in Europe, and the x3 versions were probably rarer than the standard versions (two stereo pairs). But they appear in the US for relatively little money, typically as 2000-era HT installations get updated. I have 3 of the two-stereo pair versions (two 275 SE and one 260 subamp) and they sound pretty decent stock, and better with replacement of 2 coupling caps in the signal path.
These amps are fairly rugged, and will handle a combined load down to 2.7Ω according to their spec. They were most commonly used in HT installations in the US; I don't know what their availability was/is in Europe, and the x3 versions were probably rarer than the standard versions (two stereo pairs). But they appear in the US for relatively little money, typically as 2000-era HT installations get updated. I have 3 of the two-stereo pair versions (two 275 SE and one 260 subamp) and they sound pretty decent stock, and better with replacement of 2 coupling caps in the signal path.
Why not plug the cd player to the Marantz Aux input, and connect the Sony receiver Line in/Aux input to one of the Marantz Tape Monitor out so you can run all speakers at the same time.
Sx 1980 has 3 speakers can use any 2 sets
A speaker switch is a much cheaper option a
DPDT switch would allow you to switch 2 sets of speakers on the B speaker output.
A speaker switch is a much cheaper option a
DPDT switch would allow you to switch 2 sets of speakers on the B speaker output.
IMHO, an stereo amplifier run 3 pairs of speakers together is not a good idea, it overly stressed the amplifier and shorten its life.
Simply connect the Sony receiver to the Marantz tape monitor out and you don't have to buy another amplifier, just an extra pair of interconnect cable.
Simply connect the Sony receiver to the Marantz tape monitor out and you don't have to buy another amplifier, just an extra pair of interconnect cable.