Connecting an A/B Zone amp to a multi Room Speaker Switch

[brianroyal]

I just moved into a home that was wired with a multi-room speaker system. All the speakers are wired with 4 wires. R+ R- L+ L-
All the multi room switches, with or without volume control, have the required 4 wire out for the speakers, but they also all have 4 wire input from the amp. Most modern receivers have a zone 2 output that has 4 wire outputs. My old Denon receiver only has the A/B zones with 2 wire outputs. I have searched the web and have not been able to correctly identify how to connect my receiver to a multi room switch.

I was thinking the following:
Reciever -> Multi room switch -> Speakers

Thx in advance.

 

[americanaudiophile]

You need an impedance matching speaker selector with enough outputs for the number of rooms. It would connect as you were thinking. The selector needs to be able to handle the power of the receiver.
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/speakercraft-4-zone-speaker-selector/6627019.p?skuId=6627019
You would connect all the speakers to the selector and the selector to speaker A.

 

[brianroyal]

You need an impedance matching speaker selector with enough outputs for the number of rooms. It would connect as you were thinking. The selector needs to be able to handle the power of the receiver.
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/speakercraft-4-zone-speaker-selector/6627019.p?skuId=6627019
You would connect all the speakers to the selector and the selector to speaker A.

I am familiar with this concept, however, my original question states, "How would I connect my amp which only has a red and black output to a multi room selector since the multi room selector has 4 inputs and my amp only has 2 outputs."

 

[americanaudiophile]

You are confusing outputs and inputs.
The speaker selector has one stereo input for the left and right speaker outputs of your receiver.
It has 4 or more sets of speaker output connections for the left and speakers in each room.
You connect it with speaker wire.

 

[jeff11214]

Hi americanaudiophile,

I have a similar question... I ordered a Denon AVR-S640H and I plan to connect to a speaker switcher.
Where to connect the 4 wires (red, black, white, green) from the speaker selector to the Denon AVR-S640H receiver?

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Hi americanaudiophile,

I have a similar question... I ordered a Denon AVR-S640H and I plan to connect to a speaker switcher.
Where to connect the 4 wires (red, black, white, green) from the speaker selector to the Denon AVR-S640H receiver?

Thanks!

Refer to this thread:
http/www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-3825245/connect-speaker-selector-denon-receiver.html