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Hi all, I just purchased a house, and am planning on doing some distribution ... but could use some advice on where to start.
I have a ranch, and plan to place a closet in the basement for distribution (as well as a dedicated HT room). My main goal is to get audio distributed through the house, and maybe some video. For video, I plan to generally use Ethernet going to NMT's, so I probably don't really need dedicated direct video distribution (though if it is possible without a huge excess of cost, I'd be fine with it).
I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to wire things up, as well as some direction on good ways to manage things in terms of control. I'd like things to obviously run quite smoothly, be it from a remote or on-wall controls. I also would like internet access everywhere.
Based on the above, any recommendations for ... pretty much everything
? Wiring ... speakers ... amplification ... distribution ... etc.
Obviously, I'd like to keep this as cheap as possible, but only so much as the result is consistent, and cleanly managed.
I have a ranch, and plan to place a closet in the basement for distribution (as well as a dedicated HT room). My main goal is to get audio distributed through the house, and maybe some video. For video, I plan to generally use Ethernet going to NMT's, so I probably don't really need dedicated direct video distribution (though if it is possible without a huge excess of cost, I'd be fine with it).
I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to wire things up, as well as some direction on good ways to manage things in terms of control. I'd like things to obviously run quite smoothly, be it from a remote or on-wall controls. I also would like internet access everywhere.
Based on the above, any recommendations for ... pretty much everything

Obviously, I'd like to keep this as cheap as possible, but only so much as the result is consistent, and cleanly managed.