I have two other rooms (garage and dining room) that have two speakers in each room. I have a speaker selector that is attached to the B-speaker set from my Onkyo receiver. The problem is that the sound is not very loud in either room, even with a volume control in each room (garage and dining room).

Is there a device that will amplify the sound using speaker-level inputs as inputs and uses speaker-level outputs at output? In other words, how can I amplify the sound before it gets to my volume control in each wall using speaker-level inputs instead of composite (red and white) RCA cables?

 

if im not mistaken, you would probably need something like this,
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo...oductDetail.do

 

^ looks like that only has rca inputs.

I don't know of anything offhand that will do what you want...gatr, your receiver doesn't have preamp outputs does it?

 

I'm going to check tonight. I'll let you know.

 

OK, I'm pretty sure I have the Onkyo TX-SR 504 7.1 home theater receiver. I looked at the back, and I don't have the HDMI inputs or outputs. The thing I hate about the receiver is that I can't get sound out of the B-set of speakers when the input is digital, i.e. from the optical inputs from the Comcast DVR and Sony Blu-ray player. The only other sound I have is a composite RCA stereo cable coming from my computer, hooked up to the CD input.

I'm looking at the outputs, and I don't think it has preamp outputs. It has video sound (left and right) outputs, but that won't work because when I press the CD function on the receiver, that's the sound that I want, not the video 1.

I guess I'll either have to upgrade my receiver or find something that has speaker level inputs to amplify the sound.