connecting speaker wires to amp

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June 9, 2024
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I have a Sonos amp and I have a total of six ceiling speakers that run off the amp. Four of the speakers are in my great room and two of the speakers are on a porch. This was connected before and worked fine. With the recent update, I had to undo everything And now I am to the Point of connecting wires to the amp and can’t seem to get the rooms to work independent of each other. I want to be able to control the volume on the porch as well as in the great room. See the below pictures and give me direction on how to connect them to the amp, please. Thank you !

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jgatie

If all 3 pairs were connected to the same Amp, then there is no way to control volume separately (unless you have hardwired in-wall volume controls). A single Amp is a single source, with a single volume control.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Always take a picture of your working setup before you mess with it, too late now but for others or next time keep it in mind.

You want to connect each pair of wires coming from each cable to the right and left channels of the Amp.

Hopefully the installer got it done correctly and you can hook all Red to the + and all black to the - terminals. If the low frequency response is weak switch one cable’s pair to the opposite terminals.

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OceanwoodsAuthor

Contributor I

Please dumb it down for me if you can. On the porch speaker cable I have a green, red, white and black. Which colors go together?

And in the great room, I have two cables with a red and black wire in each one.

press250

Prodigy III

Hi @Oceanwoods, Stanley’s advice is spot on. I might break it down into smaller steps:

Connect only GR Left and GR Right, confirm those speakers work, disconnect
Connect only Porch, confirm those speakers work
Re-connect GR Left and GR Right, confirm all speakers work

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OceanwoodsAuthor

Contributor I

Works.

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OceanwoodsAuthor

Contributor I

What colors go together ?

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OceanwoodsAuthor

Contributor I

All speakers work. Music comes out of each one. My question is what wires get twisted to what wires so that I can control the volume in each of the two rooms? Before the app upgrade, the app showed me two rooms. A porch and a great room. I could play music on the porch and not have it play in the great room or play both at the same time but at different volume levels. I am trying to get back to that set up and obviously I don’t know what I’m doing. Thx for help.

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OceanwoodsAuthor

Contributor I

I’m beginning to think if AirPlay was used to allow me to control the two rooms separately

jgatie

I’m beginning to think if AirPlay was used to allow me to control the two rooms separately

No, one Amp means one source, Airplay doesn’t magically separate the rooms on the Amp.

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OceanwoodsAuthor

Contributor I

Ok. Still need a wiring diagram.