So, I recently bought a Yamaha RX-V675 Receiver and with it, I purchased 7, 8ohm Polk Audio Speakers. I'm using 6 of them for 6.1 surround sound in our home theater set up.
The last speaker is set up in our kitchen as a "zone 2" speaker. In addition to this speaker, I have 2 older KLH outdoor speakers on our patio. These speakers are 4ohm speakers. I've wired up these two speakers in Series as to mimic the 8ohm rating, and I have also wired up a switch to these speakers so that we can turn them off easily if we only want the speaker in the kitchen to be on, but if we want both the kitchen and patio speakers on then it's easy to switch them on.
Anyway, it seems that everything is working really well except for the fact that the new Polk speaker in the kitchen is significantly louder than the two KLH outdoor speakers. Essentially if I turn up the volume to a good listening level on the patio, we are getting blasted out of the kitchen. Is there a way I can normalize the audio somehow with this AMP? Or do you think it has anything to do with the wiring (2 speakers in series with a switch, plus about 60 feet of 14 guage speaker wire) that is causing the drop in volume?
Any other suggestions out there? Thanks for your help!
The last speaker is set up in our kitchen as a "zone 2" speaker. In addition to this speaker, I have 2 older KLH outdoor speakers on our patio. These speakers are 4ohm speakers. I've wired up these two speakers in Series as to mimic the 8ohm rating, and I have also wired up a switch to these speakers so that we can turn them off easily if we only want the speaker in the kitchen to be on, but if we want both the kitchen and patio speakers on then it's easy to switch them on.
Anyway, it seems that everything is working really well except for the fact that the new Polk speaker in the kitchen is significantly louder than the two KLH outdoor speakers. Essentially if I turn up the volume to a good listening level on the patio, we are getting blasted out of the kitchen. Is there a way I can normalize the audio somehow with this AMP? Or do you think it has anything to do with the wiring (2 speakers in series with a switch, plus about 60 feet of 14 guage speaker wire) that is causing the drop in volume?
Any other suggestions out there? Thanks for your help!