[ifor]

i am trying to power 20 rooms for audio with only volume controls and a receiver and/or amp.

i am looking for different ways to achieve this without breaking the bank.

any suggestions will be appreciated.

thanks

ifor

 

[Larry Fine]

This is definitely a large enough system to use a 70-volt line with transformers at each speaker, instead of regular 8-ohm lines. You won't get room-shaking volume, but you will have a much easier time with hookup. Look to professional audio equipment.

 

[AVB]

Parasound makes a 12 channel amp, get 2 and bridge a few channels to get down to 20.

 

[ifor]

thanks for the suggestions people (non-gender specific)

 

[mysphyt]

I agree with Larry's suggestion. If you are only looking for local volume control and not source selection, a 70V system is the way to go. You can get some pretty good sounding 70V speakers these days from the likes of JBL and others, in addition to the 8" round ceiling mounted models we all know and love. Really, almost any speaker can be used if you buy the transformer for it. The secondary is designed to drive 8 ohm loads. Most 70V systems are set up for monaural operation. They can be made stereo, but this is not common. Check out the ISAT series of amps from QSC audio.


If you want multi-room source selection and volume control, I'd look into an A-bus based system, manufactured by several companies including Russound, OnQ and others.