Bill:

B Our home has a broken 70's Nutone (tube type) AM/FM intercom system.
B We did initially try to have this unit repaired and the tech said it
B was cheaper to replace. The cabling to each room is 3 wires. We are
B looking for a basic intercom to replace this; the primary purpose to
B play CD music throughout the house. I have looked a little on Ebay and
B such and most systems are in the $500-700 range here. Any ideas how
B we could get this done for less? We are pretty frugal here! Thanks
B in advance - Bill

If you want good quality sound you probably will be better off to use
the three wires for speaker leads. Haven't heard intercoms lately but
last I did they sounded rather tinny. Even an inexpensive speaker
would sound better!

Be cautious when wiring: speakers in parallel will drop the impedence
quickly. Two 8-ohm speakers in parallel is a 4ê load. OTOH two 4ê
lines in series would bring it back up to 8ê. You're also playing
with the output levels.... Can use a 6ê higher-wattage resistor
between the speaker output on the amplifier and all the paralleled
speaker leads.

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Hi,

Buy a cheap amp and run your cd to it. Now run your speakers to the rooms with
basic speaker cable. You can run it in series if you choose to save runs from
the amp. Cost is about $200

candice