Wait a tick - that Sherwood unit has a tuner!
My whole house plan - poke holes in it
When I built this house, I put speakers where I wanted them. So I'd like to control three pairs of speakers. What I ideally want:
* iTunes integration
* WAF
* WiFi RF control of components in a hidden closet
* AM/FM radio
* Pandora and Last.fm would be kinda nice
* I'm OK with the same music playing at all speakers
* I don't want to force my computer to play what is playing in the rest of the house (I use the server computer to listen to music during my workday - I work from home).
Here is what I've come up with.
* Squeezebox duet receiver ($150 - kind of hard to find)
* iPod Touch with iPeng to control ($210)
* Sherwood RX5502 4-zone amplifier ($120)
The downsides. I'll need to setup an RF repeater or wired IR (I do have the stuff for that - long story) to control the receiver.
No AM/FM - would have to buy _another_ receiver component and deal with a third remote to control things.
Another option is to skip the Squeezebox and use an Apple TV that I was going to sell as a music distribution unit. No Pandora or Last.fm, though. I think I'd rather sell it.
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* iTunes integration
* WAF
* WiFi RF control of components in a hidden closet
* AM/FM radio
* Pandora and Last.fm would be kinda nice
* I'm OK with the same music playing at all speakers
* I don't want to force my computer to play what is playing in the rest of the house (I use the server computer to listen to music during my workday - I work from home).
Here is what I've come up with.
* Squeezebox duet receiver ($150 - kind of hard to find)
* iPod Touch with iPeng to control ($210)
* Sherwood RX5502 4-zone amplifier ($120)
The downsides. I'll need to setup an RF repeater or wired IR (I do have the stuff for that - long story) to control the receiver.
No AM/FM - would have to buy _another_ receiver component and deal with a third remote to control things.
Another option is to skip the Squeezebox and use an Apple TV that I was going to sell as a music distribution unit. No Pandora or Last.fm, though. I think I'd rather sell it.
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with the Squeezebox you'll pick up most if not all your local AM/FM radio.(no antenna)
+ 100's of stations around the country.
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with the Squeezebox you'll pick up most if not all your local AM/FM radio.(no antenna)
+ 100's of stations around the country.
I think it's hard to find just the receiver without the remote.
I'm thinking of going with an iTouch plus iPeng because (a) it's cheaper and (b) it's apparently better from all the reviews I've seen.
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As for the radio station bit (RE: mercury above), I have doubts that the Squeezebox will have my local 25k population town's radio stations. But one can hope!
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Seems to me I should probably just get the stuff bought and see how it works. No one is coming up with any downsides.
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I think it's hard to find just the receiver without the remote.
I'm thinking of going with an iTouch plus iPeng because (a) it's cheaper and (b) it's apparently better from all the reviews I've seen.
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As for the radio station bit (RE: mercury above), I have doubts that the Squeezebox will have my local 25k population town's radio stations. But one can hope!
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Seems to me I should probably just get the stuff bought and see how it works. No one is coming up with any downsides.
A quick search came up with these stations.
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx
Listen
Add to Presets
Classical MPR (K289AE) - 105.7 FM - It's Alive
On Now: A Prairie Home Companion
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Classical Public
Listen
Add to Presets
KNOW-FM (K280EC) - 103.9 FM
On Now: A Prairie Home Companion
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Public News
Listen
Add to Presets
KJLY (K228DR) - 93.5 FM - Kinship Christian Radio
On Now: Tu Amigo del Aire
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Christian Contemp
Listen
Add to Presets
KRFO-FM - 104.9 FM - Kat Kountry
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Country
Add to Presets
KRFO - 1390 AM - Minnesota's Hometown Station
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Oldies
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Originally Posted by bjhess /forum/post/18216733
I think it's hard to find just the receiver without the remote.
I'm thinking of going with an iTouch plus iPeng because (a) it's cheaper and (b) it's apparently better from all the reviews I've seen.
---
As for the radio station bit (RE: mercury above), I have doubts that the Squeezebox will have my local 25k population town's radio stations. But one can hope!
---
Seems to me I should probably just get the stuff bought and see how it works. No one is coming up with any downsides.![]()
A quick search came up with these stations.
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx
Listen
Add to Presets
Classical MPR (K289AE) - 105.7 FM - It's Alive
On Now: A Prairie Home Companion
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Classical Public
Listen
Add to Presets
KNOW-FM (K280EC) - 103.9 FM
On Now: A Prairie Home Companion
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Public News
Listen
Add to Presets
KJLY (K228DR) - 93.5 FM - Kinship Christian Radio
On Now: Tu Amigo del Aire
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Christian Contemp
Listen
Add to Presets
KRFO-FM - 104.9 FM - Kat Kountry
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Country
Add to Presets
KRFO - 1390 AM - Minnesota's Hometown Station
Location: Owatonna, MN Genres: Oldies
Quote:
I bit the bullet and went with:
* Sonos ZP90 into
* Sherwood RX5502 4-zone amplifier out to
* My 3 pairs of speakers
In my main room central between all speaker zones I setup an RF repeater. This is to control power and volume to the Sherwood amp. I control the Sonos with their very nice iOS app.
Downside is of course only one source. And the RF need.
I went with Sonos because I uniformly heard great things. And later I could just add another ZP to add a zone. And go with ZP120 (built in amp) to remove the Sherwood. Just felt this had the most flexibility for growth as funds come in.
Another way to stay with Sonos and save dough would be to go with ZP90's and T-amps (permanently on) between the Sonos and the speakers. Leaving the attenuator on the T-amp fairly high and controlling volume entirely from the Sonos remote app.
| Originally Posted by WinstonSmith I was wondering how it all ended up for you... Looking to do something similar. |
* Sonos ZP90 into
* Sherwood RX5502 4-zone amplifier out to
* My 3 pairs of speakers
In my main room central between all speaker zones I setup an RF repeater. This is to control power and volume to the Sherwood amp. I control the Sonos with their very nice iOS app.
Downside is of course only one source. And the RF need.
I went with Sonos because I uniformly heard great things. And later I could just add another ZP to add a zone. And go with ZP120 (built in amp) to remove the Sherwood. Just felt this had the most flexibility for growth as funds come in.
Another way to stay with Sonos and save dough would be to go with ZP90's and T-amps (permanently on) between the Sonos and the speakers. Leaving the attenuator on the T-amp fairly high and controlling volume entirely from the Sonos remote app.
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