Hi all,
As some of you may have seen from previous posts over on the B&W speaker board, my 5.1 system consists of B&W 704's up front and 805's in the rear.
As my quickie comparison review stated, I like the 704s for certain kinds of music (rock, pop) and the 805's are much nicer for female vocals, jazz.
These are running off an Onkyo 701 receiver and Rotel RMB 1075 amp. Unfortunately, that Onkyo does not have an A/B speaker switch. Which means, if I want to listen to Diana Krall specifically on the 805's without hearing the 704's, I have to put the receiver in "all channel stereo" mode and turn down the 704's as low as possible in the calibration settings, or literally disconnect the front speakers temporarily...a pain in the butt. Of course, it's easy if I only want to play the 704's, then I just use "stereo" mode. But for the backs only, I can't figure out a better way to do it.
So, my question: given that this is a surround receiver, is there a such thing as an A/B speaker switchbox (even something available at Radio Shack) that will allow me to choose fronts vs. rears AND still enable the Onkyo to use all speakers in surround mode when necessary, without having to disconnect the box?
I hope I introduced that question accurately, so that it's easy to understand what I"m shooting for.
thanks all,
BCGator
As some of you may have seen from previous posts over on the B&W speaker board, my 5.1 system consists of B&W 704's up front and 805's in the rear.
As my quickie comparison review stated, I like the 704s for certain kinds of music (rock, pop) and the 805's are much nicer for female vocals, jazz.
These are running off an Onkyo 701 receiver and Rotel RMB 1075 amp. Unfortunately, that Onkyo does not have an A/B speaker switch. Which means, if I want to listen to Diana Krall specifically on the 805's without hearing the 704's, I have to put the receiver in "all channel stereo" mode and turn down the 704's as low as possible in the calibration settings, or literally disconnect the front speakers temporarily...a pain in the butt. Of course, it's easy if I only want to play the 704's, then I just use "stereo" mode. But for the backs only, I can't figure out a better way to do it.
So, my question: given that this is a surround receiver, is there a such thing as an A/B speaker switchbox (even something available at Radio Shack) that will allow me to choose fronts vs. rears AND still enable the Onkyo to use all speakers in surround mode when necessary, without having to disconnect the box?
I hope I introduced that question accurately, so that it's easy to understand what I"m shooting for.
thanks all,
BCGator
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