a-b 4 speaker setup pioneer vsx 830
does anyone know if i can use my pioneer vsx 830 with an "old" 4 speaker audio set up? i dont want surround sound.
what i actually want to do is have 2 speakers in the basement and two speakers upstairs and have the ability to play either pair alone or all 4 together. like the old receivers that had the a-b selection
you need to add an external speaker selector and connect it to the front speaker connection on the receiver. set the receiver to stereo.
when you play them all together one pair may be too loud so you can connect an external speaker level volume control to the pair that are too loud. that can go in the remote location if needed. you can also get the speaker selector with volume 
controls built in.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/speaker-accessories/speaker-selector-switches/abcat0107032.c?id=abcat0107032
no, it won't sync as a home theater system with other speaker. the sonos surround system was design to work in the sonos ecosphere with a playbar/base, sub and 2 sonos match pairs. 
music is a different story. you can just add more speaker via the sonos connect amp or adding more sonos speakers. Received the two DPS830 power supplies in today. I first just installing one in the server with a DPS-730 and the server did not really want to boot up. Pulled the 730 out and it booted up just fine with the 830 so I added the 2nd 830 and added the 730 to the other server. All is working just fine.

Guess the answer is Yes it will work but you can not mix the two.

Hope this helps someone in the feature.

Tim




[View solution in original post](/t5/Server-Products/Can-you-use-an-DPS-830AB-power-supply-in-a-5300-BRP-Case-instead/m-p/492710#M12423) well, then, you might as well put extra jacks out there anyway. in either case, it should work fine as long as ap is on the same subnet (ip address range.) right: that's because your play:1 speakers do not support airplay. the support article below may help.
https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/airplay there is no switch. the s300 will play both the xlr and rca no matter what. however, please do not have both xlr and rca connected at the same time. this can cause a lot of strain on both the amp and the sources. this is apparently due to the new airplay functionality. control center stops listening to those ports when i turn off “airplay receiver” in the “sharing” system preference: In case anyone has the same question in the future: it does require the TV be connected to stream to the speaker.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[View solution in original post](/t5/Discussions/Onn-Roku-Soundbar-question-WalMart/m-p/520740#M204) if you do a web search for flex sdr-1000 you will find alot of info.
http://kc.flexradio.com/knowledgebasearticle50108.aspx

i am pretty sure you are going to need a pc with a parallel port, once upon a time there was a usb adapter available that worked for this radio, the driver is available but you will most likely not find the adapter.
i had to run windows 7 32 bit to get mine to work.
i used the version of powersdr from the ke9ns website called excalibur, if you can't find it i have it backed up on my nas. OK I figured it out, I'll put it here to help someone in the future. The key point is the pitch scale change changes the currently PLAYING sound, so it must be used after the play command.


I now have this:



```
soundSamplePlayer.play('success01')
soundSamplePlayer.voice_set_pitch_scale(0,1.2)

```

Basically in `voice_set_pitch_scale(0,1.2)` the first argument (which I have as `0`) is the index of the sound that's playing, so in my case, the first (and only) sound.


The second argument, which I'm testing with `1.2` is the scale change, so 20% higher in this case.


I hope that helps someone in the future. Teddy if you like those speakers you do not want them connected as previously described by you. The iMac where those speakers are coming from use a Woofer and a Tweeter amplifier. Your speaker separates the tweeter and the woofer in the plastic case. Each set of white/black cables is for the separate speaker. Connected one set of black and white to power will most certainly put an end to either one of those. If you are wanting to use the amp listed in the preceding answer, connect the two white and the two black from each speaker housing to either L or R. L- (WhiteX2) L+(BlackX2) and same for the right.


Here are the values for the amplifiers


TWEETER SPEAKER AMPLIFIER


AMP VOUT = 7.355VRMS


GAIN = -4.8(20K/17.4K)


MAX9736B APN:353S2042


POUT = 6.76 W INTO 8 OHMS @ 1% THD+N


WOOFER SPEAKER AMPLIFIER


AMP VOUT = 7.355VRMS


GAIN = -4.8(20K/17.4K)


POUT = 6.76 W INTO 8 OHMS @ 1% THD+N


RIN = 17.4 OHMS


FC = 19.5 HZ