benybrady wrote: > Either that or have 5 sonos amplifiers......any suggestions? My wants > are simple, 5 separate zones controllable by smartphone....don't want to > break the bank or have to rob it either.:-)
5 Audiosource amp-100 amps, one in the ceiling in each room. It is cheap and has auto on-off. Some users here have chosen it. Since the amp is in the room, you have a reasonably short audio out cable between the player and the amp. And short speaker cables, too. Good for audio quality. You can use the player of your choice, I think an SB3 is cheaper and nicer than a Boom. This scenario has 1 benefit: you can use the IR remote. Then you need GOOD data network between the player and the server. Wifi may be ok. If it is not, sound will break and control won't be reliable. Running gigabit ethernet between each floor, and using a wifi access point on each floor could bring fine QoS. Ethernet in each/most rooms will ensure you won't have any issue. The other way around. Long speaker cables (not good) between in-ceiling speakers and a closet where a multiroom amp sits (or 5 amps). Place a small computer or 5 small computers (software players) or 5 SBs next to the amp(s). Use ethernet to connect the players to the server (for proper bandwidth). Make sure you have enough wifi signal in each room for the light needs of a remote controller such as iPeng. I don't know the price of a multizone amp. But it looks like you could get away with it for about $1000, assuming you already have the smartphones. My POV is that I want whole-house data networking, because it is flexible. And I don't want whole-house audio cabling, because it is sub-optimal (and expensive). I would choose option 1 and break the bank on ethernet networking, not audio cabling. But as per the links I posted, option 2 has its proponents. HTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97106 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
