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RCA connectors for whole house audio system?

Just moved into a house with a 4 zone whole house speaker system, and I need to buy an amplifier. The speaker wires appear to be attached to RCA terminals, at least my RCA cables fit into them. I have not been a able to find an amp that has RCA outputs to the speakers. This system was installed in 1993, so maybe it was non-standard, or the technology has changed since then? I'd appreciate any advice - should I try to find an amp with RCA outputs, or should I cut the speaker wire to remove the RCA termninals, and splice in to wire to reach the amplifier?

I'd also appreciate any suggestions for amps, there are 12 in wall Klipsch speakers split between 4 zones, looks like 2 speakers are the IW250 and the rest are either IW50 or IW150.

thanks for any help.
tonnesen

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elevick
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You're gonna need a lot more than just an amp. Do you have a multi zone unit? Speaker selector? IR repeater system? Cutting the RCA's is the easy part.
You need to decide how many zones will be run at one time with different sources? A great 2 channel amp with a 6 zone selector is a lot simpler than a true 6 zone mess.
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