MykeH
Auditioning
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2003
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i'm a first time poster so you'll all have to bear with me. my wife and i are looking to built a new house. well, she wants the new house and i just want a home theater. anyways, what i'd like to do is have the following in this house:
1. audio throughout, w/volume & source selectability.
2. a home theater in the bsmt (projector set up).
3. small ht's in the family room and master bedrm (preferably using the equipment in the main theater).
4. future tie in for home automation.
what kind of wiring should i have included during the construction progress. i had initially thought of speaker, coax, phone, rj45 and video feeds from the bsmt to all areas that would receive the a/v equipment. i'd like to plan all of this ahead so as not to cut into finished walls and ceilings later.
regarding the theater setup, is it possible to send the video signal to 3 different displays. whatever displays we choose in the end, component video or better will be a requirement. i've seen splitters for audio signals and composite or s-video, but didn't know if there exists something for component video. how about the audio. i'd like to dedicate 3, 7ch amps, for each of the theaters. how can i split the audio to feed these 3 amps. can 2 y splitters (per channel) be used to split the audio signal 3 ways or is there some other device that'll perform this very task.
i know that there are a gazillion other questions to be answered but this is just something to start with. i'm sure i'll be making many many more visits to this forum. also, i forgot to mention that i'd like to do all or most of the set up myself. thanks for any assistance.
mike
1. audio throughout, w/volume & source selectability.
2. a home theater in the bsmt (projector set up).
3. small ht's in the family room and master bedrm (preferably using the equipment in the main theater).
4. future tie in for home automation.
what kind of wiring should i have included during the construction progress. i had initially thought of speaker, coax, phone, rj45 and video feeds from the bsmt to all areas that would receive the a/v equipment. i'd like to plan all of this ahead so as not to cut into finished walls and ceilings later.
regarding the theater setup, is it possible to send the video signal to 3 different displays. whatever displays we choose in the end, component video or better will be a requirement. i've seen splitters for audio signals and composite or s-video, but didn't know if there exists something for component video. how about the audio. i'd like to dedicate 3, 7ch amps, for each of the theaters. how can i split the audio to feed these 3 amps. can 2 y splitters (per channel) be used to split the audio signal 3 ways or is there some other device that'll perform this very task.
i know that there are a gazillion other questions to be answered but this is just something to start with. i'm sure i'll be making many many more visits to this forum. also, i forgot to mention that i'd like to do all or most of the set up myself. thanks for any assistance.
mike