Amp for garden rock speakers

[Mark M]

I’ve got 4 outdoor rock speakers that were given to me but they have no information with them so I don’t know the ohm rating or wattage. They will only be used for quiet background music so less concerned about the wattage but wondering what amp would be suitable? Ideally looking for something as budget friendly as possible.

I’d like to have 2 zones with 2 speakers in each zone all playing the same source (Amazon echo dot). Could this be achieved by connecting 2 speakers to one channel of an amp and then other 2 to the second channel?

The next issue I have is that I wired in some cables when the patio was being laid but I only put 2 x 2 core cables down and there’s no way of pulling more through. Can the speakers be wired one after the other? Is that wired in series? Not really sure on the correct terminology but any help appreciated. Worst case scenario I could just use 2 of the speakers.

 

[Mark M]

Thanks for the replies.

I got the speakers off my father who thinks he got them from B&Q or Homebase so I’m guessing they aren’t going to be up to much but better than nothing I guess.

He used to run them off a little Sony hifi system so I assume they aren’t 100v? The speakers are completely sealed so I can’t open them up sadly.

Budget for an amp would be under £150 if possible?

@lucid - the link you posted doesn’t seem to work.

thabks again

 

[Mark M]

Yeah sorry, should have added a bit more detail in the OP.

Can you suggest a suitable amp that has a mono switch? I’ve not been able to find much in the budget range (assume it’s a higher level feature) but there are some PA amps that have a mono feature but not sure if that means it converts the 2 channels into one mono channel with twice the power which won’t be suitable?

 

[Mark M]

Ah ok that makes sense, thought I may have been able to pick up a cheap pa amp when I saw mono mentioned.

I don’t mind going down the second hand route with audio equipment so if you could suggest some models to keep an eye out for I’ll check ebay and av forums etc for them.

Yes I was planning on using my phone to control everything via the Alexa/Spotify app.

 

[Mark M]

Is there any benefit of going for a pa amp over a hifi amp lucid? I have no preference either way. Given the quality, or lack of, of the speakers will it make any difference?

Would say the Pioneer A10AE offer anything over this Behringer amp? Appreciate the stats are way off on the Behringer but I’m not looking for loud volume in the garden.

maybe the other consideration is that if the cheap rock speakers break or sound absolutely rubbish I might replace them with something better further down the line so an amp that could pair with better speakers may be sensible?

Thanks.