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Speaker Wiring

I'm finally wiring my kitchen speakers in. My amp (Creek 4330 - 40W into 8 Ohms) only has one set of speaker outputs. There is a tape in and out by RCA connections. Because of the distance I'm running 10ga wires to the kitchen. I'm not sure I can find RCA connectors that will support that wire size. Should I just pair the speakers in the living room with the kitchen in parallel? Should I splice in some smaller gauge wire between the RCA/phono plugs and the speaker leads? If I do it all off of the same connectors there will be 3 speakers on each side, 1 in the living room JBL micron carat (4 Ohms), and 2 Energy V1.0 CM(8 Ohms nom 4 min). Also, I'm not sure what the nominal vs. minimum resistance on the Energy speakers means in terms of loudness. If the speakers really are 4 and 8 ohms then the 4 ohm speakers will be twice as loud right?
jetson

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jetson OP
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Thanks, I think I understood. Sorry about the error re: JM Lab vs. JBL but yes, they're JM Labs Micron Carats.

I do want to play all simultaneously so I'll leave the JM Lab's directly connected to the Creek, purchase a separate power amplifier and drive the Energy speakers in series from that.

Any budget conscious recommendations?
jetson OP
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Thanks Marakanetz but they're not active.
jetson OP
140 posts
 
Thanks Al.

The kitchen speakers are already wired in parallel, and that's not changing without my opening up the ceiling (not happening).

Since it's kitchen the volume "probably" won't be going too high - but you never know. Should I just go with the Audio Source AMP 102?
jetson OP
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OK - thanks Al. I really appreciate the help.
Jim
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