If you've moved into a house with existing wired speakers in the ceiling and/or wall, they will almost certainly work. Juke is stable from 8 ohms down to 2 ohms which encompasses 99.9% of all passive speakers installed in a residential setting. As long as the ends of the speaker wiring can be identified in a central location, you'll be able to connect those into the Juke amplifier.
The ideal way to connect Juke to the network is via a hardwired Ethernet connection into your router or switch. If you have a mesh Wi-Fi system, then bringing one of the extenders as close to the Juke as possible and hardwiring into that is also possible. If you need to connect the Juke wirelessly, you'll need to have the Juke 6 or 8 within 15ft of your router and the Juke+ within 30ft of your router. If this can't be done, we recommend the purchase of a Wi-Fi extender and plugging it in directly next to the Juke.
If you have traditional in-wall volume controls, those will still function as long as the wire is from the speaker to them and then onto the Juke. However, they are not needed with the Juke system as you can control zone volume wirelessly from within our app. If you have a in-wall controller that handled audio sources and playback, those will no longer function with this system, and we recommend you take those out and insert a blank plate or potentailly an iPad mini if you would like to still be able to do control from within the wa
You'll connect one speaker per channel with a left and right speaker channel per zone for up to 12 speakers on the Juke+ or Juke 6, and 16 speakers on the Juke 8. However, given the Juke is stable down to 2 ohms, you can double up speaker connections in 3 of the zones without overdriving the amp. If you need more than 6 or 8 zones, you can network multiple jukes together and all the zones will appear in the same app.
Other than the actual speaker wires and a network connection, the Juke is all that is needed for powering, controlling, and streaming.
If you've moved into a house with existing wired speakers in the ceiling / wall, they will almost certainly work. If you're looking for recommendations for speakers, we highly recommend utilizing our 8" sky speakers for the ceiling. If you're looking for recommendations on outside speakers or in-wall speakers, please email us at email@jukeaudio.com for assistance
The ideal way to connect Juke to the network is via a hardwired Ethernet connection into your router or switch. If you have a mesh Wi-Fi system, then bringing one of the extenders as close to the Juke as possible and hardwiring into that is also possible. If you need to connect the Juke wirelessly, you'll need to have the Juke 6 or 8 within 15ft of your router and the Juke+ within 30ft of your router. If this can't be done, we recommend the purchase of a Wi-Fi extender and plugging it in directly next to the Juke.
If you have traditional in-wall volume controls, those will still function as long as the wire is from the speaker to them and then onto the Juke. However, they are not needed with the Juke system as you can control zone volume wirelessly from within our app. If you have a in-wall controller that handled audio sources and playback, those will no longer function with this system, and we recommend you take those out and insert a blank plate or potentailly an iPad mini if you would like to still be able to do control from within the wall.
The Juke can support 12 to 22 gauge speaker wire with the most common being 16 or 14 gauge. You want to use a thicker gauge wire (14 or 12) when doing a run over 75ft or going through outside terrain. The most efficient way is to run a single 4 conductor wire from a pair of speakers in a zone, but you can also run a 2 conductor wire from each speaker individaully as well.
You'll connect one speaker per channel with a left and right speaker channel per zone for up to 12 speakers on the Juke+ or Juke 6, and 16 speakers on the Juke 8. However, given the Juke is stable down to 2 ohms, you can double up speaker connections in 3 of the zones without overdriving the amp. If you need more than 6 or 8 zones, you can network multiple jukes together and all the zones will appear in the same app.
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