TechHome;192296 Wrote: > Single source, multi-room can be done cheap. Up to 16-pairs of speakers > may be powered from a single amp or receiver. > > You will need a powerful, 4-ohm stable amp or receiver, in-wall > impedance matching volume controls (with 8x setting), speakers and of > course a Squeezebox or Transporter. Use any web enabled devices to > control it. > > TechHome Define cheap? Are you talking about a new home install (bare studs) or fishing behind drywall? Decent ceiling and wall speakers (depending if you are an audiophile or not) can run $150 to $200/pair.
awy;192429 Wrote: > How about an update on the progress of your project? > > I started out with just SoftSqueeze and now have bought a pair of > SliMP3s; one in the lounge connected to the main amp/speakers, the > other in the (adjacent) kitchen. The one in the lounge was because, > good though it is and just fine for background music or internet radio > (the main use), the remote PC/sound-card/CAT5e/main-amp solution was > not quite good enough for serious music listening. Since having the > SliMP3 in place, we have come to appreciate the use of the remote, even > though a laptop from which the web interface can be used (or, more > often, SlimRemote), is usually to hand. > > The kitchen SliMP3 has been built into the boarding above the cupboards > and looks great, with a pair of really cheap PC speakers behind the > ventialation grill elsewhere in the boarding, and with a wireless > ethernet bridge (all parts from eBay or the office for-sale board). In > this case the motivation was the impracticality of getting any wiring > to the kitchen. But again, we find the availability of the display and > the remote are really nice. Now the real problem is keeping > synchronization with the lounge - I am working on this (see posts > elsewhere in this forum) - but the > multiple-channels-from-a-single-SoftSqueeze approach that I outlined > above would eliminate this problem (except that I have the wiring > problem). > > I intend to keep the faith with SoftSqueeze elsewhere: basement TV/play > room, laundry room and probably the cellar/workshop; all from the same > single sound card and using various qualities of PC/powered speakers. > But for the bedroom I definitely want a wireless SB so that it can be > controlled with the remote. > > Alan. While I have had rare issues with syncing my music between my SB2, syncing internet radio is another story. As diagramed here (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=103076&postcount=2) my den SB2 and multi-zone kitchen speakers are within earshot of each other. It is dead on while playing my music. Softsqueeze has never been reliable enough for my entourage. I will be moving soon and will try to update my diagrams and costs involved in pimping out the new house with mix of Squeezebox and Russound audio devices. -- bobharp Bob Harper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
