Recent content by Plokij

Hi Adam. Thanks for the response! First and foremost, you did a really great job of managing your low voltage cables! I got a lot of ideas out of your post and need to work it into my plan. I was originally going to leave the ceiling exposed in the closet where the wires came down, but since...

Hi everyone, I just finished running all of my low voltage wiring to a wall mounted enclosure in a closet in my house. I would have liked to install the enclosure recessed into the wall, but the stud spacing was too tight. Anyway, long story short, I now have about 50 wires coming through an...

Thanks, Adam. I have attached an image of some proposed speaker placements. In the living room, I've assumed the tv centered on wall excluding the window, but I could see how I could center the TV on the wall (including the window) and use ceiling speakers instead. In the event that I...

This is exactly what I will do. Thanks for your comments!

I was pondering this earlier as I was drawing up my wiring plans: Consider a bedroom which is setup to be setup as a zone 2 off of the main receiver in a closet in a different room. Is there a simple wiring + hardware configuration I can employ to add an audio source that is local to bedroom...

Hi everyone, I have a hypothetical that's turning into a conundrum and would like to ask for a more experienced person's opinion. Below I have illustrated the predicament where I'd like to install L/R speakers for surround sound on the left wall. Unfortunately, it's a very short wall due to...

I guess that's how technology is these days. I just hope the price of the nicer setups start coming down. I think I will stick to the lower budget system for now and just additionally wire all sorts of Cat6 setups now that I understand how it's connected. Thanks for the lively discussion! I...

I get it now. Thanks! Essentially there are pre-matched, brand specific components that allow for a Cat6 enabled audio system (which allows things like the amplified keypads). This is in contrast to the older, traditional setups with a multi-room receiver and analog speaker wire routed...

I get it now. Thanks! Essentially there are pre-matched, brand specific components that allow for a Cat6 enabled audio system (which allows things like the amplified keypads). This is in contrast to the older, traditional setups with a multi-room receiver and analog speaker wire routed...

Thanks Sam. Do you think you could just clarify one last thing for me? Once again, I'm struggling on what piece of hardware converts the audio data traveling via Cat6 to the analog speaker wiring. You imply in your earlier post that there are "mini network controllers" in your rooms sitting...

Hi Casey, I'm very confused by your placement suggestion. Do you think you could draw a picture or explain it again? I'm imagining the room split up into a 3x3 grid: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Can you please explain the placement in relation to that picture? For example: Speaker 1: In...

To put my lost reply in context, let me maybe start with a concrete scenarios. Could you maybe describe the hardware and wiring connectivity like I have below in your Cat6 setup? Again, my ignorance is mostly in the realm of how the data gets from Cat6 to speakers or a TV. Note: my wife and I...

Hey Sam et al., Thanks for the clarification. I see where you were going with it now. My coworker built a DIY NAS in a mini-itx case and has the lightweight OS running in it so it works purely as a network storage. I understand how that part works. I think what was confusing me was the...

Thanks for the feedback, Schan1269. I'm actually doing other low voltage wiring at the same time and putting in a distribution panel in one of the closets. I was planning to do cat6 anyway, so I'm very intrigued by your post. However, I have a strong background in computer networking and am a...

Thanks for the feedback, Schan1269. I'm actually doing other low voltage wiring at the same time and putting in a distribution panel in one of the closets. I was planning to do cat6 anyway, so I'm very intrigued by your post. However, I have a strong background in computer networking and am a...