Recent content by skyguy04

Wo, thanks! So there is no networked switch out there that you can operate from your iPhone, huh? Doh... It looks like my only options are pay around $400-500 for a 2-channel amp + speaker selector or $2500 for an 8 channel amp (or probably a ton more for a 12 channel amp). Correct...

nevermind, you're right about the binding posts. I just looked up RCA connectors and that's not what these are.

hmm.. i thought binding posts were where you stick your speaker wire in the side and then twist it down tight. These you have to actually make up a banana plug and plug them in, like i've done. Anyhow, no biggy... By live, do you mean powered? Each one is literally just wire running to the...

I don't have $2500 to spend on this project, nor do i think it's worth that much. Surely there are other solutions than powering every speaker, all the time.

I don't know what else to call them other than RCA connectors. I've uploaded a photo of the panel, maybe that will help. Basically, it's just speaker wire ran to a panel with a connector on the end. Nothing fancy. There is a resistor-based volume control in-line to control the volume...

I'm looking for the lowest cost option to power my whole home audio system. I have 10 rooms with 2 speakers in each, all running to a single audio panel with RCA audio connectors. I've looked at an 8 zone amp, but it looks like that will run me about $2500. I'm looking for alternatives...

Ah ok. Interesting... i never thought about using the headphone jack. That'll work! Then i can run airplay via the HTPC

Can you just confirm that if i got with a 7.1 AVR that supports multi-zone, can i run the 2 channels i'm not using to the whole home audio switch? If so, is it ok to run powered output from the amps into that switch, or is there another non-amp'd output for the 2nd zone?

I don't think i can run digital the distance necessary anyhow. I think it's at least 100ft to the connection panel for the whole home audio, from where the AVR would be. I've already got analog ran through the walls with a convenient jack right next to where the AVR would be.

Oh, i see now that the 697 is not a surround receiver. So that's out. What if i go with a 7.1 AVR and pipe the 2 extra channels to a switch?

This is very helpful information. Thank you so much for your time! So if i go with an AVR that has an extra zone. Then pipe that into an 8-10 channel amp. Can i be listening to 5.1 from one source and stereo in the rest of the house from a 2nd source? If so, would the DRA-697ci do that...

Thanks for the reply! I'm curious, why do i need 3 zones? Wouldn't i just need 2? The living room and the whole home audio?

Correct, that's what i was thinking at least.... Should it be? I originally thought about that, but then thought i might be limiting myself to only watching TV or whole home audio. Not true? My original idea was to consider the whole home audio as a second "zone". If i wanted to do this...

OK, I've given this some thought, and I'm considering all of the AV equipment in my house. I'm thinking that it might be best to let each "purpose" be it's own set of equipment. This way a movie can be going in the theater, different music being played throughout the house, and TV watching in...