spc337;380734 Wrote: > I'm installing a Squeezebox in my loft and would like to have 3 pairs of > speakers that can be individually controlled (i.e. Volume, On/Off). I > don't need to have different sources play on different speakers > simultaneously, just a single (SB3) source. > > Does anyone have an Pre-Amp/Amplifier/Receiver (and/or Power Speakers) > Suggestion? > > Thanks Can you run speaker cable through the walls and make holes for wall-mounted volume controls, or do you need a more "non-invasive" installation? If you can tear into things, then a hefty amp and 3 impedence-matching in-wall volume controls would be a good way to go. The amp can be a multi-room amp that specifically supports 3 pairs of speakers, or you could use a conventional amp and wire the speakers in series, paying careful attention to the load/impedence that the amp will support.
How far apart are the rooms? A potential problem with powered speakers is that they will typically get a line-level output from the SB to the speaker. Ordinary line level is unbalanced, and if you run line level cable any distance you have a high probability of picking up interference, usually a humming sound. You could possibly avoid the interference with properly shieled cables, or use baluns to transfer the line level signal over balanced cable like cat5. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57836 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
