[Verheuvel5]

Hi, I am attempting to get the best performance out of a pair of outdoor rock speakers. My set up is simple.

* 100 watt 8 ohms channel (Pioneer VSX-516).
* Wired to a Volume control (Proficent VC60I) (impedance Balancing Volume Control).
* To the two Speakercraft 620ROX (60W 8 ohms) speakers.

The problem is during construction one of the outdoor speaker wires was cut (and it is under concrete(So I'm screwed). I have the single +/- wire going to speaker 1 (+ to + and - to -). I then tied the next speaker in line (like below):

Right Channel (+) ------ (+) ------- (+)

Right Channel (-) ------ (-) -------- (-)

(Left Channel is Dead!)

Is this the best configuration or should I attempt a different wiring? Should I try to tie the Left and Right Channels together at the source before the volume control. Maybe after the volume control.

Thanks

[SmartNsexa]

Hi, I am attempting to get the best performance out of a pair of outdoor rock speakers. My set up is simple.

* 100 watt 8 ohms channel (Pioneer VSX-516).
* Wired to a Volume control (Proficent VC60I) (impedance Balancing Volume Control).
* To the two Speakercraft 620ROX (60W 8 ohms) speakers.

The problem is during contruction one of the outdoor speaker wires was cut (and it is under concrete(So I'm screwed). I have the single +/- wire going to speaker 1 (+ to + and - to -). I then tied the next speaker in line (like below):

Right Channel (+) ------ (+) ------- (+)

Right Channel (-) ------ (-) -------- (-)

(Left Channel is Dead!)

Is this the best configuration or should I attempt a different wiring? Should I try to tie the Left and Right Channels together at the source before the volume control. Maybe after the volume control.

Thanks

You will not get a good balanced sound with this configuration.

You should either try to rig Left rock wirelessly or start pressurewashing under that concrete to run new wire.

[KISS]

What you are doing is putting the speakers in parallel which effectivly makes their total impeadance 4 ohms. The amp probably has ratings for 4 ohms.

Run the amp into the L pad and then the speaker combination.

In hindsight you should have run conduit to the speaker.

Question: Was one or both wires cut?

[Verheuvel5]

Both wires cut ? - not sure. I have two separate wires leading outside. Line A (+) and (-) Works (Right Channel). Line B (+) and (-) does not. I have not tested to see if "half of Line B" works.

Since My amp is 8 Ohms. Do you recommend at a minimun I switch to a Parallel connection?

Yes - The builder should have done a lot of things (the least of which was run a conduit) for the price I paid... by that is a different issue.

Thanks

[KISS]

both wires cut ? - not sure. I have two separate wires leading outside. Line A (+) and (-) Works (Right Channel). Line B (+) and (-) does not. I have not tested to see if "half of Line B" works.

If one line is intact, you may be able to run (-) speaker to speaker to amp and then a (+L) to one speaker and (+R) to the other. e.g. use 3 wires.
May depend on the L-pad.

Actually what would be better is a IR to RF remote gizmo that snaps onto the remote and control the volume that way from the pre-amp.

Since My amp is 8 Ohms. Do you recommend at a minimum I switch to a Parallel connection?

I really recomment that it see the L-pad first. Volume will be reduced if in series.

Yes - The builder should have done a lot of things (the least of which was run a conduit) for the price I paid... by that is a different issue.

Thanks

Yep.