New construction in progress on 4400 square foot home in MD. Integrator (Guardian Home Technologies) affiliated with the builder only offers a deluxe package of an On-Q lyriQ Single Source Four Zone set-up onqlegrand.com/products/AU7400 which includes the Klipsch speakers (8 total). At a price of slightly over $3500 to install, I'm not too thrilled with the options available from the integrator. In fact, I know that's a rip off!!! The single source option itself is ridiculous at that cost. The could at least give me a 4 source, 8 zone panel. I'm not sure what else can be done myself or with another integrator in the MD area.
They do offered pre-wiring, but just for the LyriQ system (using Cat5) at a cost of about $1600. I'm fairly skilled in installing my own speakers, so no problems with that. But I'm trying to find out if I can somehow take their pre-wiring, and somehow utilize the Sonos as I would really like to have in-ceiling speaker set-up in the house.
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is it logical to just use Sonos (or a similar wireless system) throughout the entire home with no ceiling speakers and tell the integrator to take a hike?
They do offered pre-wiring, but just for the LyriQ system (using Cat5) at a cost of about $1600. I'm fairly skilled in installing my own speakers, so no problems with that. But I'm trying to find out if I can somehow take their pre-wiring, and somehow utilize the Sonos as I would really like to have in-ceiling speaker set-up in the house.
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is it logical to just use Sonos (or a similar wireless system) throughout the entire home with no ceiling speakers and tell the integrator to take a hike?