Sorry for the off topic, but it seems like we have many audio experts here. On my boat, the head unit drives the 4 cabin speakers, and it looks like a separate amp drives the 4 cockpit speakers. I wish to be able to turn off the cabin speakers when my son goes to sleep, while still having music topside. Is there a product that will cleanly switch off the headunit driven speakers without damaging the headunit, and allow me to still drive the external amp and speakers? Ed
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Need to see a wiring diagram to say for sure, but simple fix would be to reverse the driver amp "sets" and just turn off the extra amp "now" driving the cabin speakers.
I hadn't even thought of that - I'll bet it would work. I'd have to move the wires all around, because the amp and head unit are not together. Maybe a 4 speaker selector switch exists I could simply splice into the existing harness?
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