This set up may seem a little strange, but I think I can get it to work for me. Downstairs I have have my SSP 600 connected to my 5100 using the balance outputs. I decided to buy a pair of B&O beolab 8000 speakers for a listening room upstairs. Since these speakers are active all I did was connect them to the RCA output on the SSP and rigged up one of the triggers to switch the speakers on and off when i want to listen up stairs or have all speakers on for a party. Essentially both the balanced and RCA outputs are being used.
I ran into one problem. The gain is different. I guess because im using balanced outputs for the downstairs speakers vs the RCA outputs for upstairs I am hearing the downstairs speakers as being much lauder then the upstairs speakers. Without recommending totally changing everything can someone recommend an idea?
Here are two I am thinking
1.) use balanced to rca cables to essentially make the balanced cables no longer balanced and connect them to the amp via RCA...that should kill the extra gain and can be bought cheap from monoprice.
2.) add a volume control in the between the SSP and the active speakers. Perhaps something like this?
any other ideas?
I ran into one problem. The gain is different. I guess because im using balanced outputs for the downstairs speakers vs the RCA outputs for upstairs I am hearing the downstairs speakers as being much lauder then the upstairs speakers. Without recommending totally changing everything can someone recommend an idea?
Here are two I am thinking
1.) use balanced to rca cables to essentially make the balanced cables no longer balanced and connect them to the amp via RCA...that should kill the extra gain and can be bought cheap from monoprice.
2.) add a volume control in the between the SSP and the active speakers. Perhaps something like this?
any other ideas?
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