We have completely gutted our house and the family is living in a hotel. We are wanting to put in a 7.1 system in the basement for home theater near our new bar, install on the 1st floor hearth room area a 5.1 system around the fireplace adjacent to a Pioneer Elite 60 Plasma, install a different music zone outside driving two Klipsch speakers, install 2 to 4 other zones in the house for music, and a sound system in our 2nd floor laundry room and master bedroom bath where an iPod can be docked for music or listen to a TV.
My equipment is a NAD 765 (5.1) for the hearth room and paradigm speakers LCR for use now in our basement 7.1. Probably add another 7.1 NAD for basement with HDMI. I like great music but one of the low voltage guys is suggesting a Crestron system with 8 zones. The iPod docking stations cost $1100 and they suggest 3 (NAD are $159), the Crestron wall pads cost $1200 and they suggest one on each floor (3) in addition to programming costs $5K, Crestron AM/FM/Sirius is another $1400? It seems Crestron is behind on Apple applications and our family has numerous Apple products. I have pulled specs and the NAD's blow away the Creston amps. The installer said the days of having a separate amp for each zone or room are gone. We want to be able to listen football in the hearth room or a movie but have music on the patio. The installer suggested Triax boxed speakers for our surround 5.1 mounted in the ceiling, I think better quality LCR are installed on the front wall and then can be used for 2 channel stereo vs. ceiling speakers? We also want to eliminate remotes for each piece of equip and Creston seems to do that at a high price.
Any suggestions? Although individual NAD receivers 7.1 have two zones, one cannot separate out music or TV for each zone. I want great sounding 2 channel music in both theater areas when we are not watching TV. In the basement I will add Paradigm speakers to fill out the 7.1 system probably the dipoles on the sides and small speakers for the rear.
Also, in the house, use ceiling Speakercraft in the living room or areas where we just want whole house sound but less quality? I also like Klipsch.
Thanks, we have been overwhelmed by the cost of the low voltage aspect of a house remodel, clearly it was not budged.
My equipment is a NAD 765 (5.1) for the hearth room and paradigm speakers LCR for use now in our basement 7.1. Probably add another 7.1 NAD for basement with HDMI. I like great music but one of the low voltage guys is suggesting a Crestron system with 8 zones. The iPod docking stations cost $1100 and they suggest 3 (NAD are $159), the Crestron wall pads cost $1200 and they suggest one on each floor (3) in addition to programming costs $5K, Crestron AM/FM/Sirius is another $1400? It seems Crestron is behind on Apple applications and our family has numerous Apple products. I have pulled specs and the NAD's blow away the Creston amps. The installer said the days of having a separate amp for each zone or room are gone. We want to be able to listen football in the hearth room or a movie but have music on the patio. The installer suggested Triax boxed speakers for our surround 5.1 mounted in the ceiling, I think better quality LCR are installed on the front wall and then can be used for 2 channel stereo vs. ceiling speakers? We also want to eliminate remotes for each piece of equip and Creston seems to do that at a high price.
Any suggestions? Although individual NAD receivers 7.1 have two zones, one cannot separate out music or TV for each zone. I want great sounding 2 channel music in both theater areas when we are not watching TV. In the basement I will add Paradigm speakers to fill out the 7.1 system probably the dipoles on the sides and small speakers for the rear.
Also, in the house, use ceiling Speakercraft in the living room or areas where we just want whole house sound but less quality? I also like Klipsch.
Thanks, we have been overwhelmed by the cost of the low voltage aspect of a house remodel, clearly it was not budged.
