We are building a new home on a tight budget and I am trying to get up to speed here on how to wire our home for a future DIY centrally located, home automation and A/V system (moderately priced), even though I will not buy the systems until well after the house is done and we've had time to financially recover.
For the whole house audio system, I will be dropping Cat5e to wall box for volume control in each room that will have speakers. I'm planning on a 7.1 speaker setup in the family room, and I am confused as to what would be the best way to control the volume in that room.
Should I just set the volume for a comfortable level in the family room and adjust all other rooms with their volume controls or should I have individual wall mounted volume control knobs for each channel of the 7.1 speakers in the family room?
For the whole house audio system, I will be dropping Cat5e to wall box for volume control in each room that will have speakers. I'm planning on a 7.1 speaker setup in the family room, and I am confused as to what would be the best way to control the volume in that room.
Should I just set the volume for a comfortable level in the family room and adjust all other rooms with their volume controls or should I have individual wall mounted volume control knobs for each channel of the 7.1 speakers in the family room?
