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Incorporating a Volume Control
It’s possible to control the volume of the sound at the speaker location. Plan to
wire the system so that each pair of speakers has it’s own volume control. Niles
makes a wide range of indoor and outdoor volume controls. Consult your local
Niles dealer for more information. Volume controls are connected in line with
the speaker, so you must connect the wire from the amplifier to the volume con-
trol and then from the volume control to the speaker (
See Figure 3).
Recommended Amplifier Power
We recommend an amplifier with a power rating of five to one hundred watts
per channel for optimum performance. Ironically, most speakers are not dam-
aged by large amplifiers but by small amplifiers. If you are playing at high vol-
ume, a small amplifier will run out of power very quickly. When an amplifier
runs out of power it creates damaging “clipping” distortion. A large amplifier
will play at the same volume without distorting. See the section "Operation
" for
more information about clipping distortion.
Figure 2
Wiring directly from a receiver or amplifier
Figure 3
Incorporating a volume control
INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
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