speaker connections that can interrupt ceiling speakers..??

["Jonathan Tawn" <Jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

evenin' list,

i've been reading about some rather swanky apartment that had speaker
connectors at the foot of the bed, so one could choose to add some, say,
floor standing speakers, however, i assume that if one were to add some
larger speakers, would this *cut* the supply to the ceiling speakers ?

sorry if this doesnt make much sense, its the case study on hiddenwires -
'edge smarthomes' did the system..

so, my question, if one plugs in larger speakers to the afore mentioned
connector, is the signal broken to the ceiling speakers via some automatic
thing (yes, that is a technical term) or does one have to use the home
control system via a keypad or some other such device to physically change
from ceiling -to- large speakers.

i hope that makes sense.

if anyone could offer there thoughts, that'd be grand.

TIA,
Jonathan.

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