Who knew? Home theater setup under my nose

[wyo_rose]

When we moved about 6 years ago I let my daughter take over on my Pioneer stereo system with receiver, 6-CD player, and double cassette player - circa 1993, with mega Pioneer speakers.

Now that I have my own apartment I needed something to listen to, and having picked up an extra set of Sony speakers for 50 CENTS at a yard sale, I over'd on my stereo once more.

I didn't even realize that the receiver had video ins and outs. It took a little while to figure it all out, but now I have my DVD, satellite, video game, and CD player all hooked together. Just looking for a set of speakers to hook up for my surround sound. It will actually hook up 4 pairs of speakers along with a center speaker.

I never even heard of surround sound back in '93!

[chazziff]

lol .. thats nuts .. me neither until my hubby set one up. now i cant watch a movie without one!! and that was around tha same time .. 1994 or so!!

[TKMJ Productions]

When we moved about 6 years ago I let my daughter take over on my Pioneer stereo system with receiver, 6-CD player, and double cassette player - circa 1993, with mega Pioneer speakers.

Now that I have my own apartment I needed something to listen to, and having picked up an extra set of Sony speakers for 50 CENTS at a yard sale, I over'd on my stereo once more.

I didn't even realize that the receiver had video ins and outs. It took a little while to figure it all out, but now I have my DVD, satellite, video game, and CD player all hooked together. Just looking for a set of speakers to hook up for my surround sound. It will actually hook up 4 pairs of speakers along with a center speaker.


I never even heard of surround sound back in '93!

Wyo_rose,
Be careful in your speaker setup. There is an electronic calculation called impedance. Look at the back of your receiver. It will state the impeadance of the speaker output. For exanple most are 8 ohms impedance. That means for best sound responce you should use 8 ohm speakers.

When you add extra speakers, let's say 2 pair of 8 ohm speakers (2 speakers per side right and left) the impedance of the speakers will fall to 4 ohms. That 4 ohm load will double the power output from your receiver. Hence if your receiver is rated at 100 watts, the load at 4 ohms will cause the wattage to double to about 200 watts. Not a good thing. The over wattage will put a lot of strain on the power amps inside the receiver and may cause them to blow out.

Some newer receivers are stable down to 2 ohms load. That would be 3 sets of speakers tied to the outputs. It is also a feature of high quality pro amps like I wse for powwows.

Most home receivers are only stable to 4 ohms.

Be very careful in what speakers you hook up.

If you want more info on speakers and power amp hookups, contact me directly.

Ken
TKMJ Productions

[wyo_rose]

Huh?

Anyway, my speakers don't even say what ohm they are. One is a massive Pioneer speaker that came with the set. The other two are Sony home stereo speakers. One keeps shorting out. Would that be an Ohm thing?

So the more speakers you add, the ohm goes down? Even though there's more speaker ports? I think there's room to hook up about 8 all together.

Thanks for the info though. I'm going to check my ohm's.