PSS8

Because we are music lovers in our household, we have always enjoyed the ability to add extension speakers from our home audio/visual system to various rooms in our home. Extension speakers provide a very pleasant environment being able to go room-to-room in our house and have uninterrupted listening of our favorite tunes. As in our case, the extension speakers are mostly on at lower volume to provide background music. Serious listening is done in our living room with our main audio speakers. The Pyle speaker selector switch box works well for adding extension speakers. It is simple to use, has easy to understand instructions and safely sends the correct "load," (or in layman terms: power) to the speakers without overheating or taxing the amplifier within your audio/video system. The selector switch is a box you ideally set near your a/v system. Making a presumption you would know how to wire two stereo (left & right) speakers to your a/v system, it is easy to instead connect these wires to the Pyle speaker selector terminals and, in the case of this Pyle selector box which has up to 8 extension speakers capability, run wires to up to 8 speakers. I have used the Pyle speaker selector box to add extension speakers in my main listening room as well as to other rooms. Keep in mind that this is NOT a wireless system. You will need to run actual speaker wires to each extension speaker. This can be particularly troublesome if you don't have easy access to attic/basement or crawl space, otherwise, your speaker wire runs will be visible and potentially unsightly. I heartily recommend hiring an electrician or home theater specialist if you need to run wires from your a/v system behind walls, below floors or above ceilings. This is not a flaw of the selector box. A properly "hard-wired" extension speaker is far more desirable than wireless because it is not subject to any form of interference or drop out that might be related to internet broad band issues, for example. Not taking the space here to elaborate, you will also owe it to yourself to research an easy to understand tutorial on proper speaker cable wire. The insert holes on the selector box are large enough to accept only up to 14 gauge speaker wire. So you can use speaker wire gauge numbered 14, 16, 18, 20 and so on, but any size of larger wire such as 12 or 10 gauge will not fit in the holes. 12 gauge may be neccessary for long runs of speaker wire. The front of the box is black. The buttons are easy to push and of course, allows you the choice to run 1 pair of extension speakers, all of them or just some. The selector box does not require power. It uses the power of the amplifier within your home audio/visual system. The selector box, if cared for properly, should last a very long time as there is no real moving parts other than the push buttons and the clips that hold the speaker wires in the holes. I've used and still use Pyle products, particularly their loud speakers. Products have always been dependable at fair prices.

I was looking for a solid yet simple speaker selector switch to manage the ceiling speakers in my house. We have Sonos throughout but the bridges can get expensive. I named the bridge "Ceiling Speakers" and then connected it to the amplifier input on the Pyle switch. I used 7 of the 8 available zones on the switch, connecting speaker pair and labeling the corresponding button on the face. It was super easy and it works great! I can run multiple zones at once depending where I want to hear the music. I do not notice any appreciable loss of power when I'm running all the zones at the same time, which surprised me. Overall i am impressed with the quality and the performance of the switch. Best part of the purchase is the value for the money. It's nice to see quality products that don't cost a fortune...

This speaker selector is terrific! My wife and I bought our house 5 years ago and it had a 10 speaker ceiling system, which we could never figure out how to get working. After some help from friends we realized that we needed a speaker selector, which we thought we'd have to have custom made, to connect to our radio/tape/CD/ record player system. A friend mentioned that such selectors were already available. I researched and choose the Pyle PSS8, and it works great! (Although only for 8 of our speakers that's okay because one speaker doesn't work and the other is in the garage--don't spend much time there!) The selector is easy to install and my wife is VERY happy!

Pyle Home PSS8 8-Channel High Power Stereo Speaker Selector. The reason I am giving the product 4 stars is that we have just started to use it. This replaced a monster 6-Channel that got so hot that it kept shutting down my receiver. It runs 6 sets of speakers and I am sending audio to another 6 sets of speakers running through the other monster 6-Channel. Pro's: Runs cool will take 14 gauge wire easy setup Con's When running in protection mode you do lose quality, but running a whole house system with 12 sets of speakers, it works fine.

The Pyle PSS8 8-channel speaker selector is well built and works nicely. Its metal case feels solid. The selector buttons give a solid click when depressed, confirming that they have been turned either on or off. I ordered the selector on Tuesday and received it the following Monday, so the free delivery also was very fast. I initally ordered a 6-channel speaker selector produced by another manufacturer. I returned that selector because I needed 2 more channels. Compared to the Pyle 8-channel selector, the build quality of the other manufacturer's 6-channel selector was poor as it had a lightweight plastic case and the selector buttons seemed cheap and flimsy. The Pyle selector definitely has a more solid feel to it, and its buttons feel more substantial and clicks easily into position. I would recommend the Pyle 8-channel speaker selector.

Our house has speakers in ceiling and outside put in by previous owner. After a year at the house, I decided to see if they worked. I bought a receiver and quickly found i needed a switch selector like this. Install was simple (good for me since i've never setup a system like this before) and every speaker worked first time and sounds great! Great product IMO and price is good for the number of zones and speakers you can hook up.

Have been using a Monster SS-4 for a number of years. Moved into a new house and have (7) sets of speakers I wanted to control. I tried the Pyle PSS8 as an option to control all (7) speakers. Sadly I was disappointed. I barely turned up the volume and clipping started - regardless of engaging the speaker protection or not. I replaced it with a Monster SS-6 and ran the 7th set of speakers off the "B" output on the receiver - no issues whatsoever. Would recommend the Monster SS4 or SS6 over this product - both are under $100, well made, and work great. Monster Cable SS4 Multi-Speaker Selector Monster Cable SS-6 Speaker Switcher for 6 Pairs of Speakers

Great product right out of the box! Never could get the old top-ofp-the-line Sony receiver to balance rightm and needed to get sound to speakers in the dining room.......this Pyle unit works just great, takes two inputs from the receiver and fires multiple speakers, setting the correct impedence balance. So now I have two front speakers, two mini side speakers, a subwoofer in the living room and two more remote speakers in dining room - all at once or can shut down different "zones" if I want. Great unit!