RCA Male to Speaker Wire?

[essential]

Not sure if this will work, if anyone can chime in.

I have some speakers in the ceiling at work with the speaker wire coming through the wall. I had a CD changer with this amp (amazon.com/gp/product/B001P2VV50) because the CD changer didn't have a built in amp, with the CD changer running into the amp via RCA.

I recently got rid of the CD changer and just use an iPod. I've been using a 3.5 out to RCA from the iPod headphone to the amp. The iPod has an internal amp, so I no longer need the amp unit itself, but I'm not sure how to run RCA directly to speaker wire.

I found this (amazon.com/Rockford-Fosgate-Speaker-Female-Adapter/dp/B00G352P2C/). I'd just twist and electrical tape the speaker wires to the ends of these, and then I could feed the iPod directly to the speakers and cut out the amp unit. Would this work?

Thanks.

 

[NutBucket]

It won't work. The amp in the iPod isn't powerful enough to drive the speakers in the ceiling. You need an amp. Here is a cheap one that should get the job done:

http://www.parts-express.com/dayton...attery-powered-mini-amplifier-15-wpc--300-380

EDIT: This one seems to be much better specs wise but hey, it's cheap so you can't have everything

http://www.parts-express.com/lepai-...dio-mini-amplifier-with-power-supply--310-300

 

[essential]

I'll probably just stick with the amp I have, it's already hooked up and working, but thanks for the info. Didn't occur to me the iPod might not have the power to push the speakers alone.