Hi, I've just finished setting up a 5.1 system, and I felt that the surround speakers, both of them, are quite quiet compared to the other 3, possibly because of them being placed too far away, so I was wondering, can I possibly connect a resistor in series to each of the other 3 speakers, and then raise the master volume, to balance it out?

Say, 1 or 2 ohms, will it be too much or too little? My speakers have 8 ohm impedance each.

I did use the balance settings on my receiver, but it's still not enough... And my amp did not support tweaking individual speakers, unfortunately...

You can always DIY using Variable resistor, but the easy way is of course using ready made stuff
Example this:

Inwall PA volume controller

But, are you sure your Amp dun have the means of controlling the speaker volume?...what model is it?

My first thought was ... get off the couch and turn the volume knob

What cable u r using?
If posible change to better cable, it would help.

and push more watt to ur real speaker.

I'm temporarily using some brandless amp till I can buy a better one, but this amp can also control volume, just not by individual speakers, it can only raise or lower in general.

If I use too much resistance, it won't do any permanent damage, right? Just lower the volume a lot?

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Added on March 9, 2010, 11:36 amYeah, but as I said, cannot control individual speakers, just in general.

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Added on March 9, 2010, 11:37 amNormal speaker wires that came with the speakers. Would changing the wires result in a very significant increase in volume?

This post has been edited by hadoupening: Mar 9 2010, 11:37 AM

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Added on March 9, 2010, 11:37 am
Normal speaker wires that came with the speakers. Would changing the wires result in a very significant increase in volume?

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Yes.. Can do some research on silver cable.
Or

u can try fix 1 meter good cable to ur normal cable, and only fix 1 side then see the result.

hope can help u..