Large terrace/yard 4 speaker setup?

[Medinilla91]

Hello! I just bought a Vibelink + Ultra setup, for powering a pair of B&W AM1 on a large terrace/yard, but now I want to get another pair of speakers. My question is... is it possible to wire another vibelink to the Ultra?, so it would be the Ultra source feeding both Vibelinks powering 2 speakers each?? Or what would you recommend for me?? What may work as a 2-zone amp??
Here is the architectural plan, with yellow marks for speaker location (already wired), and blue marks for amps location.

I would really appreciate your help.

 

[Mr Ee]

Welcome.

Do you want 2 separate zones, i.e. potentially different music?
It's possible you could connect all 4 speakers to the one vibelink.

 

[Mr Ee]

See https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/4-speakers.2171/post-33915

 

[harkpabst]

I assume the yellow dots depict the planned speaker positions? If so, the scenario doesn't look like 2 independent zones to me.

Depending on the impedance of the speakers the single WiiM Vibelink Amp may be sufficient, indeed. Connecting 2 of them to the single Ultra using Y splitters would also work and might be the way to go if the speakers dip into 6 ohm or even 4 ohm territory.

Having 2 zones that can be addressed independently would require 2 WiiM "control" devices, like e.g. another Ultra or WiiM Pro Plus or WiiM Pro (plus power amp) or a device from the WiiM Amp family of products.

In any case you might find that setting the WiiM Ultra to Mono mode might yield better sound than stereo.

 

[Medinilla91]

No I dont need two zones, but I dont want to lose quality, heres the speaker specs
Nominal impedance: 8Ω (5.2 Ω min)
Recommended amp: 20W - 100W into 8Ω on unclipped program

 

[Mr Ee]

I dont want to lose quality

From the link, wiim state "it’s completely safe to connect 4 8-ohm speakers to the Amp. It won't affect the sound quality."
While that thread / post was originally about the 'plain' amp, (i.e. before amp pro etc. became available) it's just as, if not more so, applicable to the more recent amps including the vibelink.

 

[Medinilla91]

Awesome, thanks for your replies! I'll get just the second pair of speakers and see how that works.