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L+R surround wires into a headphone socket

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Old 04-08-2012, 6:46 PM   #1
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L+R surround wires into a headphone socket

I have some Kef Wireless 5000 modules that I want to use as speakers with my logitech squeezebox.

However the original use for the Kef Wireless is Surround Sound and the wiring is +/- left+right speakers cables (bare wire).

The back of the Squeezebox has a headphone\sub-out socket.

Can I get an adapter that will allow me to wire the left and right surround wiring to the headphone socket?

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Old 04-08-2012, 7:07 PM   #2
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Wasn't the 5000 module designed to run from high level speaker feeds?
If so a headphone signal won't do the job.

Just googled it and I was wrong, they also have pre-amp inputs on a separate wire connector. If you have this wire you should be able to get a simple 3.5mm headphone to 2 RCA adapter.

"The wireless kit also includes an RF transmitter, a special cable designed to link the transmitter to the speaker-level surround channel outputs of your AV receiver or multi-channel amp, and an additional cable that can connect the transmitter to pre-amp level outputs (included on many AVRs), or even a variable audio output straight from a CD or DVD player. "

Source: http://www.hometheater.com/content/k...-option-page-2

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Old 04-08-2012, 8:31 PM   #3
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Thanks. I better go looking for that cable.
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