Best bet would be to pick up a second power amplifier, in the $200 to $300 range, for the outdoor speakers. You would not have any issue of low impedance with two speakers connected in parallel, and the outside system would be decoupled from the inside system so that no degradation would happen.
Best method for 2 sets of speakers from 1 system?
due to having somewhat of a backyard playground including a swimming pool where people are often over in the summer (Michigan), I am forced to use a speaker selector switch so I can play music both through my main indoor system and outside through some good sounding speakercraft outdoor speakers. My system has pretty good tone, dynamics, and resolution for a moderate price range (see "time to listen" in virtual systems), and I am currently using a Rotel RSS-900 speaker selector box for the 4 months that I need to select speakers. However, I am in the process of setting up a hot tub, and will probably want the ability to play music through my outdoor speakers year round.
Therefore, I would appreciate knowing whether any of you have experience or comments regarding the quality of the RSS-900, or whether you have other suggestions outside of setting up an entirely different system for outdoors (which I am also considering). Since the binding posts on the RSS-900 are a little cheesy, I went inside to look at replacing two sets of the posts (it has 5 outputs) and found several electronic boards and two large cylindrical coils (sorry I am not that well versed in what is what electronically). I also observed that the binding posts are hard wired to the boards inside. I am not sure what all the electronics are, since it is a passive unit(no power cord), but I do know it has a switched "direct" output, where there is supposed to be no sonic degradation compared to the input (this is where I hook up my main speakers). Any suggestions how I can accomplish this multi-speaker setup without losing the quality of my main system would be greatly appreciated, or is the RSS-900 the best I can do?
Therefore, I would appreciate knowing whether any of you have experience or comments regarding the quality of the RSS-900, or whether you have other suggestions outside of setting up an entirely different system for outdoors (which I am also considering). Since the binding posts on the RSS-900 are a little cheesy, I went inside to look at replacing two sets of the posts (it has 5 outputs) and found several electronic boards and two large cylindrical coils (sorry I am not that well versed in what is what electronically). I also observed that the binding posts are hard wired to the boards inside. I am not sure what all the electronics are, since it is a passive unit(no power cord), but I do know it has a switched "direct" output, where there is supposed to be no sonic degradation compared to the input (this is where I hook up my main speakers). Any suggestions how I can accomplish this multi-speaker setup without losing the quality of my main system would be greatly appreciated, or is the RSS-900 the best I can do?