Newbie - Trying to run speakers outside (it's a long distance)
Hi -
I must start by saying I am a very beginner to the audio enthusiast world. Here is where I need some guidance.
I would like to run some outdoor speakers so I can play some Halloween music in my front yard. The run is about 90 feet. I purchased some outdoor bookshelf Jensen speakers. I first ran them to a little boombox, but of course the audio was very soft...so I figured I needed an amplifier because the run was so far. So, this weekend, I purchased a Kenwood KM-208 Power Amplifier at a garage sale. I figured I could plug the boombox to the amp running a y-cord out of the headphone jack into the amp. Well, it doesn't seem to work. I get a little squeak and then silence. Could it be a bad amp? Bad cord? or am I missing something else.
Thanks for your guidance.
Mike