Heh, nice analogy. Not the one I want to hear .. but nice one anyway.

I don't see any way around having a control in the middle between my amp and outside speakers. I have 2 sets of speakers, my slimbox is the source material being pushed into my amp.

I wired the control out of the circuit and it sounded the same... so I shortened my wire. Man I went nuts with the extra wire! I probably cut at LEAST 20-30' off ... and when I was done .... it was still the same!

So now I have maybe 40-50' of wire for each outside speaker ... it's 16 gauge wire which I know is not optimal, but given I shortened it so much and didn't notice that much of a difference I'm not sure it seems to matter.

So now I'm confused. Maybe I'll take my other M3s (indoor) and try them out ... god I don't want to have to buy more wire and rewire this thing.

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I don't know either but any time someone inserts resistors in the speaker circuit, it of course messes around with the speaker's characteristics. It's kind of like getting a gourmet meal and smothering it with ketchup .