Originally posted by evanm.
I want to split off two pairs of speakers with y-jacks and want to know if you think it will result is some line voltage loss that might effect the sound of the speakers. Can you help me with this Rick?
Evan, if an amp is designed to produce sound to 5 speakers, as is the case in a 5.1 surround sound system or if the amp is a stereo amp designed to producet sound through 2 speakers, then what happens when you connect 2 speakers to any one of the channels?
In most cases, even though there will be a impedance miss-match, as long as you are doing this equally to both stereo channels, you will most likely notice very little difference in the sound and if you do there would probably be a slight decrease in the volume level.
If I understood your question correctly, then this is what I have experienced in the past. I never really had any problems doing this.
However, you can get auxiliary speaker splitter boxes that allow you to run additional speakers off of one amp, but they would cost a bit more then a Y-Jack.
I hope this helps. Rick Maselli Founder of Showroom411.com