Mr500cm Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm new so please forgive my lack of knowlege here.....I have a set of Klipsch RP-160M speakers, a vintage Fisher reciever and a Sony HAP-S1 media player. The reciever sounds great with the speakers, using the radio, but when I'm playing the medai player through them I'm losing top end. Now when I use the media players built in amp with the RP-160's the sound is a lot better. Is it possible to wire the reciver and media player to the speakers (there are two inputs) but one use once source at a time either the reciver or media player. I'm pretty sure I can but I just want to check. Thanks Lance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 You could easily damage one or the other amps that way. You're not connecting the Sony to a phono input on your Fisher are you? Have you tried different inputs on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Vintage Fisher receiver, meaning what? Model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr500cm Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Wuzzer no, I’m using the aux input. jimjimbo a fisher RS 2004a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 If you use something like a Niles spk-1 you will be able to do what you want and not damage anything. You can find them on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 You need a speaker selector switch box. Lots out there. Don't try to use something that drops the output of the media player's amplifier to run into the receiver. I don't think that will help in your situation and likely would degrade the sound further. Partsexpress has some reasonably priced ones along with monoprice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 One question. These are bi-wire speakers. How are you connecting them? If the binding posts are strapped the set up used is not critical. If not strapped together the two sets of binding posts(inputs) need to be connected to your amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr500cm Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Panelhead said: One question. These are bi-wire speakers. How are you connecting them? If the binding posts are strapped the set up used is not critical. If not strapped together the two sets of binding posts(inputs) need to be connected to your amp. They are as they left the factory, strapped together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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