I am building a new house. There is currently no drywall so i am able to audio everywhere. My plan is to do 8 speakers in the living room, 2 in the master bedroom, few in the patio etc. My question is, how do i wire 4 speakers to 2 channels from the amp? Do I just go + to + on 1 architectural in-ceiling speaker and follow that to the + on the second speaker? Same for -?
Thank you!
I would run individual wires for each speaker to your Amp location, that gives you the most flexibility.
If you want to do want one wire run to two speakers you would connect them in parallel.
The Sonos Amp will support two 8 Ohm speakers per channel, three if you use the Sonos/Sonance ones.
I would run individual wires for each speaker to your Amp location, that gives you the most flexibility.
If you want to do want one wire run to two speakers you would connect them in parallel.
The Sonos Amp will support two 8 Ohm speakers per channel, three if you use the Sonos/Sonance ones.
Hey Stanley, thanks for your input! So, if i ran 1 wire to the first speaker, + to + and - to -, how would i connect it to the second speaker? from + to + from speaker to speaker and same for - to -? also, would this still give me 8 ohms per speaker? I am a audio noobie, so i appreciate all input. Thank you kind sir!
If you go from the Amp’s + terminal to the speaker’s + terminals, and the same for the - terminals then you would see ½ of the speaker’s rated impedance. so for two 8 Ohm speakers your Amp would see 4 Ohms.
You might want to check local building codes, you likely need specific wire if running inside the walls, some (few) places require a licenced installer.
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