Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions in-wall volume knob, outdoor M3's!

Wow. Ok, I need to have my head examined. I figured out the problem ... and it really doesn't go beyond me being a super duper 1st class moron.

I have my slimbox feeding my amp. From there I run A/B channels, A outside to my new outdoor M3s, B inside to my existing M3s. Well, I don't know what was wrong with my head but I had it in there that the volume of my slimbox did not effect the volume of my outdoor speakers.

Well, that couldn't be further from the truth. DUUUHH!

So anyway, if I turn my slimbox up, my speakers get PLENTY loud.

The question now is that when I turn my slimbox up loud enough for outdoor use, my indoor speakers are too loud. DOH! I may hook up a volume control indoors as well, or maybe just turn off channel B (indoors) when I don't want to listen to them outside.

Thanks for your help Mojo and alan. Looks like 16 gauge would have been plenty of copper even with all the extra I had, but it feels a lot more finished now that I have it all stapled up and all that excess cut off.

Jim

While you were doing that I ran some numbers and the amount of power you are losing due to 16 gauge wire is really negligible.

Enjoy the beer and crabs.