I read this differently -- your father is looking to run 4 pairs of speakers at the same time -- 2 pairs on each floor. If so, another option would be to wire them in series-parallel. You can wire 4 8-ohm speakers in series-parallel and get a resulting impedence of... 8 ohms. Pretty much any stereo receiver or amp would work fine.

Can someone else draw the diagram this time ?

Last edited by bridgman; 10/21/05 02:26 AM.
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