Search results

To follow-up on this and close it out- Sonos released their AirPlay2 update last week so we picked up a Sonos One to try it about and it works perfectly for what we need so we're just going to go full Sonos w/ AirPlay2 for the individual rooms/zones. So we are scrapping all of the speaker...

I just came across these which seem pretty awesome and look a lot cleaner then the normal wall mounts. $139 seems pricey but a regular wall mount is about $40 each. So basically $100 more to have something that looks way cleaner and integrated plus because they wire into an existing electrical...

I'll see what I can find out. Our current home is a condo and FiOS does multi-family buildings completely different from single family. And while my parents have FiOS as well in their SF, the house is 60 years old with no structured wiring so even that will be different then how our new one is...

The point is to not have speakers everywhere on counters, etc. If we go Sonos I'll be buying Sonos One speakers and wall mounting them up near the ceiling. I'd just install them above an existing outlet and then add an outlet up near the ceiling where the speaker is. That's easy enough to do...

If you had suggested Sonos yesterday or the day before I would have just flat out said no. We've had a Play:1 for a couple years now and we have had nothing but issues with it playing our iTunes-purchased music. Worst $300 we ever spent on anything... But now that AirPlay2 is coming we might...

Thanks for the suggestions! We have an unfinished basement that will eventually get a dedicated media/theater room. A simple 5.1 system in the family/great room will be plenty for us until then. And yes, the receivers I've linked and have been looking at are all 4k switching with HDCP 2.2/HDR...

The Denon has the power but it struggles vs it not really having the power at all. Potato, potatoh I guess. Running something to the ragged edge doesn't really seem like a feasible long-term solution to me. If I need some more power then I need some more power. I'd rather spend a little more on...

If I have to go with a multi-channel amp for the ceiling speaker zones will either of these be sufficient? https://www.amazon.com/Dayton-Audio-MA1240a-Multi-Zone-Amplifier/dp/B003DKVZHQ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S3PY9M/ref=psdc_537344_t1_B003DKVZHQ I take it the receiver would be a...

Also, one thing my wife and I are considering... The installer only installs ceiling speakers in pairs, even when they are installing stereo speakers. This is why there are two in the master bed and 2 in the master bath. By only having them put in the pre-wires (4 wires at each location) we'll...

Thanks for the input Wayne. So the Denon just wouldn't have the power to drive both the 5.1 and the more then a few of the ceiling house speakers? For the separate amp would it just be a separate piece that would go between the home theater receiver and then the speaker selector like this -...

This receiver won't actually work for what I want to do. The Zone 2 feature replaces the rears of the 5.1. I need to find a receiver with a true, separated Zone 2. EDIT: This Denon AVR-X1400H looks like it'll do what I need and it's even a little cheaper.

My wife and I are building a new house and we are having some low-voltage stuff installed by the builder's sub (SmartCom) which includes home audio, home theater, etc. I am hoping to get some input on the locations of the 5.1 pre-wires in regards to their height/location as well as some soft...