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Steve, I use the FAQ and Glossary quite often (still relatively new), and you are correct that there is nothing there yet (that I could find). Frankly, reinventing the wheel has never appealed to me, but I do agree that it is best to learn things on one's own. I've read that calibrating one's...

Wayne, I have yet to upgrade my indoor ht system and there is nothing out back yet, so I'm still very flexible. I was planning on keeping the outdoor system generally separate from the indoor home theater system. I suppose I could always get a 2-zone receiver and connect an output of that...

I downloaded the NCH tone generator, but I am unsure of which tones I should burn and at what levels. I'm also not sure where various octave levels are or what levels they would equate to. Also, are these signals being created by a mono or stereo output in the program? I guess, basically...

Wayne, I looked up the difference between a stereo and mono hookup. I found that the difference between the two is that a mono signal reproduces the same sound from both/all the speakers thus the sound is the same no matter where in the area a person is (maybe a touch louder when closer to...

Wayne, Sorry about being too general. I am basically just looking for a couple/set of speakers that can provide enough sound to fill a small (approx 20' x 60') backyard that mainly consists of a pool, the rocks around it and a small patio. The entire backyard is walled in with brick(very...

Wayne, Thank you for the information. I'll go take a look at junction boxes and see what would work best. Also, I'll check out the black zip cord and if it'll be that much easier to just run that, there are all kinds of other house projects I can use the speaker wire for. This may be the...

Wayne (or anyone else), Where would the best place be to find a waterproof junction box? Would I need one for each speaker or would it come early in the run? Also, is black zip-cord simply an outdoor electrical power wire? Is this something I could easily get at Home Depot or is it a special...

Ok Bob, I gotcha now. I'll do that, thank you. Anyone have issues with the wire for outdoor runs that I should know about, or would the 12-2 CL3-rated stuff be ok?

Bob (or anyone else who has an opinion), When you state that installing the wire through blank drilled wall-plates "gives [me] options for the future," what options are you referring to? I've seen this recommendation several times, but never really saw any mention of the future options. My...

Actually, I was thinking of using the rest of the wire to run wire out to my pool area for a couple outdoor "rock" speakers. Can this wire be used for this purpose as well? I figured I'd run some pvc tubing to keep it protected. But otherwise this is great for what I want to do, eh? While...

Hello all! (first post fyi) I need to run speaker wire in-wall to hook up surround speakers (approx 50' runs). I found the following wire on eBay and was wondering if this would be good/proper wire. The seller is asking about $100 for 250' of wire. Here's the link to the wire (Its Ebay Item...