Multiple speakers off single Airport Express

Dudes,
I have an Airport Express (AX) hooked up to my stereo.
Is it possible to run multiple speakers off it (using a splitter, or some such thing)so that I can have a little set of speakers in the kitchen as well as the living room?
Thanks,
JC

I think it would work too. Haven't tried it though.
The express is converting the digital input into a analogue voltage, which the stereo is amplifying.
If you split the cable (I'm assuming the splitter is not powered?) then remember that resisters in parallel reduce the resistance of the circuit (http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm.intro.parallel.html), which is what you would achieve.
As such to generate the same voltage, given the reduced resistance, the express has to pump more current (Ohms law). That's a bit of a simplification because it isn't a simple direct current, but the general rule applies: If you wanted to split it into 50 stereos I'm sure the Express wouldn't be powerful enough to pump enough current.
Two however, I think you would get away with. The second speakers would also need to be powered ,like your stereo is, of course.

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