Adjusting the volume for different speakers...?

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Friend of mine has a pub.  He has speakers in the pub garden and speakers in the bar/food area.  With the summer coming up (we hope) the garden speakers will come into action once again.  The problem is that to get the outdoor speakers to an audiable level, the people in the pub seem to get blasted.  

In order to control this i'm looking for a splitter/thing of some sort that enables you to adjust the volume for the two sets of speakers independantly.  I know these things are available, but without knowing what they are called i'm having trouble googling them.  If you know what they are called, could you answer here please.  

Please only answer if you 'know' what they are called or you have a link..

Many thanks,
FB

Golfer · Accepted Answer

It's a speaker volume control that is called an attenuator. An example is:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/515892-REG/Phoenix_Gold_VSL125RB_VSL_125RB_125W_Volume_Control.html

but you can find them at brick and mortar stores also. This one is at home depot and will work with up to 16 speakers:
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100606205

You'll only need them for the indoor speakers. Set the volume of the outside speakers where you want then turn down the volume for the indoor ones.

Anonymous · Answer

if he is playing stuff thru the pc you CAN adjust each speaker individually
also any stereo should have separate controls for main & alternate set of speakers
if not, look into buying a receiver that has both controls
try crutchfield's web site
they have everything

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