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Ah, my bad. Still working on the terminology. When I say source, I mean the receiver--there is a small boombox hooked up to it for now. All of the speakers go to their respective volume control spots (there are 3 spots) and then a cable pair runs from each volume control spot to the hole in...

Aye, all the speakers are already in place which is why this is so annoying! That sounds like a good idea--I guess I'll have to just use trial and error to figure out what wires match up to the source wires. I can't even tell which pair is coming from the source and which pair are from the...

Did I mention anything about charging people for wiring their house for in-wall speakers? I didn't. It's not very hard to set up a pre-made surround system, and even if it isn't pre-made, all I've ever had to do was make sure ohms matched between the receiver and speakers. I've never had to...

I don't charge people to do this--my boss asked if I could take a look and get it hooked up for him and I said I would give it a try. I've never done anything like this before. I do simple home theater stuff like setting up a surround system/dvr/bluray/etc to a receiver and calibrating the...

The goal is to have one source with equal volume to all speakers but also being able to use the volume control knobs I'm installing to change volume levels in different areas of the house. Regarding parallel or series, that is a good question... I didn't do the wiring so I'm not exactly sure...

Ok, before I get into the meat of the subject, a little background. I'm a computer technician that works for a small company (I am the only technician currently) and the owner of the company just built a new house. I don't think the electrician that he hired to wire the house for speakers knew...