Wiring Ceiling Speakers To Receiver

Image of the rear of a home stereo receiver amplifier.

Wiring ceiling speakers to receiver.

A receiver with nine sets of speaker outputs for example might only be able to power seven speakers at a time. Let s say you have a nine channel receiver with 11 speaker outputs. Also attempting to wire two 8 ohm speakers in parallel to an 8 ohm stereo would have the same effect. Read our in wall wiring guide for more information.

The positive speaker terminal red on the receiver or amplifier must be connected to the positive terminal on the speakers and the same applies to the negative terminals on all the equipment. This diagram shows how to wire four speakers in series. Most speakers don t come with speaker wire. Make wired speakers wireless for traditional sources.

The first thing to do is to obtain the ceiling speakers and then to buy the conductor speaker cable. Rather than standard speaker wire a ceiling installation requires fire rated in wall speaker cable which adds a heavy duty layer of insulation around both wires. You can hook up a full nine channel surround sound system plus stereo speakers in another room. A single sonos amp is capable of powering either 4 mono ceiling speakers or 2 single ceiling stereo speakers or 3 pairs if using sonos own in ceiling to wire a single stereo speaker you should wire 2 cables to it not 1 unless you are using 4 core speaker cable more details below.

For in wall or ceiling speakers you ll need ul rated speaker wire labeled cl2 or cl3. It is the same as wiring each speaker directly from the amplifier like this. With sources such as a tv cd player dvd player audio cassette deck vcr or compatible audio output on a stereo or home theater receiver you can make wired speakers wireless with a wireless speaker conversion kit also referred to as a wireless speaker kit or wireless speaker adapter. It s up to you to select the right gauge thickness and type of wire for your system.

However it is not enough to have the cables and the speakers. Wiring speakers in parallel is not a good way of connecting three four or more hifi speakers as it puts too much load on the amplifier as explained in earlier article four speakers wired in series. One must also need other tools like stiff wire either a fish tape or a coat hanger a drill flat bit level gloves philips screwdriver keyhole or drywall saw and some wire strippers. You can buy speaker wire with connectors or without.