Apple Users

Take one of the black wires and shove it Into the EarPods port on your new iPhone. Keep shoving. No, more. Okay. Now, turn on the iPhone. See if you can control the volume.

Actually, there are two of each because you system probably has stereo in each room. You need to go to radio shack and seek help. You will need an amp, a small stereo one, but one big enough to power all your speakers, into which you will wire the red and black leads. (One provides the signal, the other creates the circuit). Once you wire the amp, you need an input device that will accept either the fat plug from iPods, or the smaller new connector.

Given how inefficient thoses wired speakers were, it is likely that your fidelity would be far higher with wireless speakers that are extremely efficient. Sound had come thousands of miles in the last decade. Although a couple of really good speakers, a clean tube amp, and a round disc they call vinyl (be careful, it has delicate grooves on each side) could and does make incredible sound.