Ryan-Horst
Auditioning
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2005
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Hi folks,
Im looking to set up my house for the first time and was wondering about zones.
My friends system is capable of playing surround sound in the living room and piping the radio out to his pool deck simultaneously and thats definitely something I want to do. However as I think about it, I start to think it would be cool to have many zones in the house..kitchen, dining room, master bedroom...etc.
Then however I start to think how many different audio sources can you have going on at once before it gets out of hand and confusing?
First off, I guess is what is the technological limit on commercially available systems for multiple zones..specifically with independant audio streams in each zone?
Second, what have people found to be the most zones that is realistic to use at any given time? Before it becomes too messy sound wise or just plain easier to buy a stand alone system for another room?
For Home theaters that do zones, is the second zone just a stereo signal or is it a surround signal? For instance, if I had a home theater set up in the living room, and a stand alone dvd in the master bedroom, could I have the sound sent to the home theater box then back to the room in surround or would I just be better off with 2 home theater systems?
The main reason for all this is that I want to have sound throughout the house, but I want it selectable in each room and I dont want a huge electronics stack..the smaller the footprint the better.
Any help is appreciated.
Ryan
Im looking to set up my house for the first time and was wondering about zones.
My friends system is capable of playing surround sound in the living room and piping the radio out to his pool deck simultaneously and thats definitely something I want to do. However as I think about it, I start to think it would be cool to have many zones in the house..kitchen, dining room, master bedroom...etc.
Then however I start to think how many different audio sources can you have going on at once before it gets out of hand and confusing?
First off, I guess is what is the technological limit on commercially available systems for multiple zones..specifically with independant audio streams in each zone?
Second, what have people found to be the most zones that is realistic to use at any given time? Before it becomes too messy sound wise or just plain easier to buy a stand alone system for another room?
For Home theaters that do zones, is the second zone just a stereo signal or is it a surround signal? For instance, if I had a home theater set up in the living room, and a stand alone dvd in the master bedroom, could I have the sound sent to the home theater box then back to the room in surround or would I just be better off with 2 home theater systems?
The main reason for all this is that I want to have sound throughout the house, but I want it selectable in each room and I dont want a huge electronics stack..the smaller the footprint the better.
Any help is appreciated.
Ryan