Speaker selector that won't degrade sound

I am also interested in hearing from the pro's on this subject.  I'd like to run outdoor patio speakers off of my main system in the living room.  To do so, I would have to run about 25-30 feet of speaker cable through the wall to my amp.  I have heard of and seen pictures of an Adcom speaker selector, but don't want to mess-up the signal on my main system.  Don't know if the Adcom would do so.

The alternative for me would be to move the office streamer and Dac/pre to the patio and use powered speakers with 10 feet of rca cables and 10 feet of a single speaker cable.  I have an Ethernet connection on the patio but, would have to move the system inside whenever it rains.  Not my first choice.

Theoretically, all switches will degrade sound quality, only you can determine if you can hear the difference in your system.

My suggestion is try one and find out

Specialty AV SP71

Most transformer coupled tube amp need a load connected to its output when it is on, so some sort of protection is needed to prevent accident.

imhififan

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01-03-2022 3:11pm

Theoretically, all switches will degrade sound quality, only you can determine if you can hear the difference in your system.

My suggestion is try one and find out

Specialty AV SP71

@imhififan that's actually the switch I have, I'll give it a shot.  What's is depressing is that I have all this expensive speaker cable and then I'm going thru THAT!  Kind of a waste I think.

@tump350 I gave up on the old school way of having outdoor speakers being part of my main setup.  Nowadays for outdoor music I'm using my phone to select and control music, so I went with outdoor Bluetooth speakers.

Much easier.