Looking For Help Or Suggestions

[elsid88]

The Problem:
Friend has basement with new HT and 4 seperate audio zones. HT wire goes fine by contractor, however, when hooking up the zones for the seperate audio, they have a 2 wire going from the receiver to the audio hub and then 4 wire from there. So, basically only 1 channel is going to the audio hub.

The wire is run the drywall is up, the bar is finished where all of this zone wire is run to.

Question:
Is there anything out there that can be done to carry the stereo signal across that one wire(L/R)? (To pull a new wire through would be highly destructive and expensive).

Would splitting the wire at the audio hub to have 2 channel mono cause any damage to the in-ceiling speakers or the receiver?

I just feel bad because they have 4 zone's of Polk RC60i's and they won't have a chance to hear their full capacity.

Thanks in advance.

Tom...

[WilliamM2]

If the wire was installed by a contractor, and he did it wrong, I would think it's up to him to fix it, and he would also be responsible for the cost of any drywal repair.

[elsid88]

You are correct...

Contractor is also a friend.

Just trying to find the best resolution to the problem without doing what I think is the only thing to do which is to rip up drywall and granite.

Tom...

[obieone]

Possibly stupid question, but, is the 2 wire secured in place?-i.e. stapled to framing.
If not, you may not have to rip EVERYTHING back out, but, just cut enough access ports to pull 4 wire, then patch?

[elsid88]

Thanks for the suggestion. Thought of that as well, but unfortunately it was attached.

The contractor finally had to cut drywall and break some granite to feed through a new line.

Live and learn...


Tom...