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CAT5 or Wireless?

post #1 of 6
3/14/08 at 10:55am
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Greetings,

Roughly 6 years ago we had five CAT5 outlets installed in our apartment. One in the bedroom and four in the family room. What is CAT5 and how can I use it for audio purposes? Can I somehow hook up rear surround speakers via CAT5? Should I go wireless instead for the rear surrounds? KEF and another company called Rainbow both make well thought of wireless systems.

Thanks,

Eddie
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post #2 of 6
3/14/08 at 12:55pm

Re: CAT5 or Wireless?

CAT-5 is a set of 8 copper wires in 4 twisted pairs. It's what is used for networking computers, and also can be used for phone lines. Can't help you as to the question of using it for running audio..
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post #3 of 6
3/14/08 at 2:09pm

Re: CAT5 or Wireless?

There's a system called A-Bus that uses Cat5 wiring.
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post #4 of 6
3/14/08 at 2:26pm

Re: CAT5 or Wireless?

In that case, you need to keep in mind that how the wiring was run will also determine whether it would work for you or not.
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post #5 of 6
3/20/08 at 10:50am

Re: CAT5 or Wireless?

You can use CAT 5 for audio and video but you need to add a balun that will balance the signal from the cat 5 to either a digital audio hdmi or components cable.

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Originally Posted by TwinDad
Greetings,

Roughly 6 years ago we had five CAT5 outlets installed in our apartment. One in the bedroom and four in the family room. What is CAT5 and how can I use it for audio purposes? Can I somehow hook up rear surround speakers via CAT5? Should I go wireless instead for the rear surrounds? KEF and another company called Rainbow both make well thought of wireless systems.

Thanks,

Eddie
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post #6 of 6
3/20/08 at 4:11pm
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Re: CAT5 or Wireless?

Thank you for the schooling!!!

Appreciate it.

Eddie
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