BT
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
Used for indoor or exterior speaker selection
KC in USA
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2025
This speaker switch has a terminal strip that does not fit any common stranded wire (such as is used in speaker wire). If you want to use this to switch speakers in a normal application, look elsewhere. Anything from 22 to 16 awg wire you will need to trim strands to insert in the terminals.
Joe Jeselnik
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2024
Works as advertised although the connections aren't separated well and can cause sound to come from deselected speakers if you trim too much insulation from the wire..
Fish
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
Value for the money. Works as advertised.
S, Dan
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022
The switch works very well and allows you to play each set separately or at the same time. The feel is good when switching and feels like quality. The plate fits well and has a good finish of white. Fits a standard electric box and the was room for all the wires no problem.It's going to be hard to use larger speaker wire. I used a cheap 16 gauge as it's for garage speakers or patio speaker. I was able to strip very small end of the wire and lock them in good with no wire hanging out of port. I tried to use pin connectors but the ports were to close together to get them all in there.I will be buying another when I install the pool to control speakers out there. For the money you can't go wrong.
isolis1980
Reviewed in Mexico on December 14, 2022
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Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2021
I love having tunes play when I am working in my shop and yard. As a result I have a nice Yamaha powering everything. This switch allows me to have more options on what speakers I want to drive... I ran a separate speaker lines to the inside as well as front of the shop.I now can drive speakers A or B or both AB together and I still have another set of speakers I can drive with the B channel already on the stereo. I get no distortion from the switch and it seems to not impeded the output. Overall it was easy to install and you just need to know simple wiring.Please note the input and output to A&B speakers all come into the same electrical box. It basically means you have 10 wires coming into the box. So if you are using a thick gauge of wire, it gets tight in the box.
ollieman
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
I use this to switch between the outdoor deck speakers and the speakers in my garage, so far so good. Yeah the terminal strip is small, but you are connecting 12 wires in the space of a common light switch. I used 16 ga wire with no problem. I did not experience the wires coming loose as I tightened other ones as some reviewers have stated. I think the terminal strip is a little tougher than what people think, I tightened the screws pretty tight using a Snap On precision mini phillips head screwdriver. The size of the terminals dictate that you only strip away about 1/8" to 3/16" of insulation on the speaker wire, anything longer than that does not seat well. Like other reviewers, I found that the switch is too deep for a regular switch box. I had an old plastic project box laying around that I cut out using the plate cover for a template. I also used this template to cut out the back of the box and the piece of MDF that the box is mounted on. That was the only way I could get enough depth for the switch to fit. It's not really visible in these pics, but I drilled a 3/4" hole in the plastic box and used an old piece of automotive heater hose cut to size as a grommet. The wires are pretty snug in the hose, hopefully this keeps spiders and such out of the box.Operationally, the switch works fine and does what it is supposed to do. If in six months or so it breaks or malfunctions, I will update this review. I've used Pyle products before with good results. You just have to remember that you are buying something for about a third of the price of other name brand products.
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2017
I install av systems for a living and always try to be cost effective for customers and give them the best options. This speaker switch did all that and more. Powered by a sonos connect amp I was able to give multi room audio to a kitchen and dining room separately or al together for a party mode and this worked perfectly. It looks good operates Easily and loses no sound when switching which a lot of switches do. Very good product only down side is its deep so a standard brick wall you would have to chase a lot out but other wise spot on
rukus
Reviewed in Canada on April 29, 2017
Easy way to reroute audio. We have a 7 channel reciever. Channels 6 and 7 now go to both/either rear or outside speakers.It is a bit tedious to wire in. Can't leave too much slack or the switch won't fit in a box.
Ceej
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2016
Really nice looking switch. Have to say unlike some other switches I've owned in the past the volume isn't affected when you use both sets of speakers at the same time which is a nice touch. Excellent VFM. Why 4 stars. Well it's non standard size for UK, it's quite deep so be careful with that and the screw terminals are quite small and finicky to get the cables into. My advice. Trim the cable short enough that you dont have any exposed out of the terminal as when you out it in the wall and if they are too long then it ends up shorting. I find that out the hard way (it doesn't bloke anything, just cuts out)
Brian in Calgary
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2016
I used this to switch between sets of speakers inside and outside of my garage. The interior ones are on all the time (attached to the 'A' button) and the outdoor speakers are attached to the 'B' button so I can easily switch on/off depending if I'm outdoors.Hookup was simple, only took a few minutes with a small Phillips screwdriver and the equipment fits into an electrical box like a light switch or power receptacle.Worked good for me!
Rob Myers
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2015
The screw-down terminals on the back of this thing are a little fragile. I wound up having to use a flathead screw driver to deliver enough torque to tighten the screws down enough to keep the wires from popping out. If you're going to install this switch in a wall box, keeping those wires from breaking free is a small chore. Maybe I'm just not experienced enough at home theater installation, but I found it to be a pain to deal with.When installed, it works well. The buttons have a solid feel to them and I like that you can press either, both, or none to deliver power to your "A" and "B" speakers. I installed this in my garage to switch between the speakers there and the ones on my back deck. Does all that I ask of it!Also consider buying a volume control for the "input" side of this switch. Very convenient to be able to attenuate the volume to suit your needs. I installed a volume box right next to this one.