zdub
10-10-09, 02:44 PM
Hello and thank you all for having such a great community to talk about the joys of AV setup.
I am helping a family friend set up her new custom built house with a nice custom home system. I am currently a network tech (mcse cisco net+ a+...) and I already wired up the rj-45 (cat5e) patch's to each room, but I need to get some advice as to what to buy for audio equipment.
SEE PDF diagram drawing of house layout for audio wires. (sorry for my chicken scratches)
http://www.hankerds.com/images/b/av.pdf
I need to:
-Install paired speakers in 4 bedrooms (only r/l) which connect to the main living room receiver.
-Living room with receiver will be 7.1 while all rooms are 2.0 (r/l only no video)
-Install a volume control switch in each of the 4 rooms for their corresponding 2 speakers
-Research and purchase the best choice for a receiver (amp/preamp) rack mount or not, that handles this 5 zone speaker input. (a,b,c,d,e)
-Research and purchase the best choice for speakers (r/l) and (7.1 setup) for living room
-Research and purchase the best choice for volume control switches and speaker jacks.
Done or have:
-using 14/2SHDB Direct burial shielded speaker wire for each room
-using cat5e rj-45 and proper patch/jacks
-have good ol' electrician to help run all the wire the way I tell him to, so I need your input
questions:
-Is this new sony receiver any good? Sony STR-DA5500ES
New Sony AV Receivers Drive Multi-Room High-Definition Throughout the Home
-Is there anything anyone can see that will halt my entire system idea?
please yell at me and tell me what to do!
I just want to do this right the 1st time, please please let me know, I don't want to make this owner un-happy
Each room will only have audio centralized. The video signals for each room are already there (rg-6) and will ultimately be connected to their own directv hd box, with their own sets of speakers (bose crap)
The speaker system is just for the owners requests to have all rooms wired to one in the living room, and ability to play music in select rooms/all rooms
The builder already put in drywall, paint etc, BEFORE we planned this (their mistake) I suggested 2x rg-6 and 2x cat5e in a jacket to each room, (that's how I always see it) but the speaker wire must be run.
Opus looks good, but overly complicated, simplify.
can anyone tell me any info about the NuVo racks and watts/setups?
Check my pdf: I sketched every drop and room separate.
I am helping a family friend set up her new custom built house with a nice custom home system. I am currently a network tech (mcse cisco net+ a+...) and I already wired up the rj-45 (cat5e) patch's to each room, but I need to get some advice as to what to buy for audio equipment.
SEE PDF diagram drawing of house layout for audio wires. (sorry for my chicken scratches)
http://www.hankerds.com/images/b/av.pdf
I need to:
-Install paired speakers in 4 bedrooms (only r/l) which connect to the main living room receiver.
-Living room with receiver will be 7.1 while all rooms are 2.0 (r/l only no video)
-Install a volume control switch in each of the 4 rooms for their corresponding 2 speakers
-Research and purchase the best choice for a receiver (amp/preamp) rack mount or not, that handles this 5 zone speaker input. (a,b,c,d,e)
-Research and purchase the best choice for speakers (r/l) and (7.1 setup) for living room
-Research and purchase the best choice for volume control switches and speaker jacks.
Done or have:
-using 14/2SHDB Direct burial shielded speaker wire for each room
-using cat5e rj-45 and proper patch/jacks
-have good ol' electrician to help run all the wire the way I tell him to, so I need your input
questions:
-Is this new sony receiver any good? Sony STR-DA5500ES
New Sony AV Receivers Drive Multi-Room High-Definition Throughout the Home
-Is there anything anyone can see that will halt my entire system idea?
please yell at me and tell me what to do!
I just want to do this right the 1st time, please please let me know, I don't want to make this owner un-happy
Each room will only have audio centralized. The video signals for each room are already there (rg-6) and will ultimately be connected to their own directv hd box, with their own sets of speakers (bose crap)
The speaker system is just for the owners requests to have all rooms wired to one in the living room, and ability to play music in select rooms/all rooms
The builder already put in drywall, paint etc, BEFORE we planned this (their mistake) I suggested 2x rg-6 and 2x cat5e in a jacket to each room, (that's how I always see it) but the speaker wire must be run.
Opus looks good, but overly complicated, simplify.
can anyone tell me any info about the NuVo racks and watts/setups?
Check my pdf: I sketched every drop and room separate.