benybrady wrote: > Sorry I don't know a whole lot about whole house audio, I just thought > instead of buying 5 big amps + 5 squeezebox devices, just get 5 booms > that would eliminate the need for a separate amp. Just not sure if I can > tie the line out to speakers, so that it would be loud enough.....or > crisp enough to get background music and maybe a little louder music to > each of the zones. They would all play different music or be capable of > that hence needing 5 booms. > > And I wanted to be able to control all of these independently thru my > smartphone. I've already tied my SB radio to 4 sets of speakers but I > first had to go thru a receiver, but they playall the same music and I > can't control them with my smartphone.
You're not going to be able to use the amps built into the Booms to drive any speakers besides the speakers in the Booms. Taking into account that the amps and signal processing built into the Booms are very specifically designed for the speakers in the Booms, that you'd have to disassemble the Booms to make this work, and that you can get a used SB3 + an amp (like a T amp) for less than the cost of a Boom anyway, it's just a bad idea all-around. You don't necessarily need 5 "big" amps; as has been mentioned. We don't know much about the speakers you're trying to drive in each zone, but assuming you don't need tons of power (since you were considering using the amps in a Boom for this) a T amp like this might be a good solution: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=310-300&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pla&utm_term=%7Bkeyword%7D Alternatively, if you're running mono sound in each zone, you could potentially pick up a used 5-channel receiver with pre-amp inputs and use 1 channel per zone. You could probably pick up something like that for $100 on ebay. Maybe less. You should talk to your installer about how many speakers you want to drive in each zone and how you'll need to wire them together to present an appropriate load to whatever amp you might choose to use. As for the sources: I'd recommend just buying 5 squeezebox 3's or 2's. They'll cost you about $120/each on eBay. Alternatively, gary's suggestion of a Vortexbox might not be a bad one. I don't know much about what audio hardware a Vortexbox comes with (and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info online) but I'll take gary's word for it if he says it comes with sufficient hardware to drive 5 discrete stereo pairs. Note that going the Vortexbox route would still require amps and would probably be fussier for you if you're not too computer savvy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 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
