Wiring a new house

Would like to add, what is a good reciever to use to be able and connect iphones to such for when I wire outdoor speakers? And is just regular speaker wire the only option for them or is something better?

Would this board run surround sound when building? Currently, I have a Bose Cinemate 1SR and not sure if I will just use a soundbar or will go all out with surround sound. Im thinking I may just run the wire in the wall and leave it in attic and if I dont use it, oh well. But its there if needed. TIA

I'm not going to touch the surround sound receiver.

If I was building a new house, I would have multiple Cat6 cables run to every room in a home run configuration. That is have all the cables end up in a media/networking closet where you plan on bringing in your internet connection. Depending on the size/layout of the house, I may eve run a few to select ceiling locations to mount a WAP.

As for the sound wiring. The lady that built my house wired it for surround sound, but didn't punch it through the ceiling. So the hard part of running it through the walls is done and if I want to add surround sound, all I would have to do is drill a couple of holes in each speaker location.

ETA: if you really want to do it right, get a POE switch, patch panel, and some Cisco/Ubiquiti/Ruckus WAPs.

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I've seen pvc pipes in an office wall to make it easier to drop wires post-construction. Not sure if this is common or not.

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Common in commercial. Usually it's metal conduit with ring and string for pulling wires. Not common in residential.

OP: What exactly do you want to play and where? How many rooms with music? Video distribution or local video? Different sources in different rooms or the same music everywhere?

Pretty easy to do. You can do it the Sonos way and then you have music in any room you want whenever you want and if you want to add more rooms you save a little money and buy another.

If you're doing hard wired speakers everything should be a home run back to the receiver location. Most receivers have two zones so you could have a game playing in the family room and music playing outside. It's a pretty simple setup and cost effective.

Yes. I'd run the outside tv off of its own box.

In addition to everything said already, I would suggest adding an empty conduit with a blank in every room. Definitely use pvc conduits for your outlets, stubbed up into the attic.

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If you do conduit add a large conduit going down to the home run. That said running wires down walls in residential is simple unless there are fire stops in the wall. It's the between floor stuff that can be a pita.

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This. Conduit is cheap, will save you money if you need to rewire or upgrade, and protects against rodents chewing on wires. I don't know of any downside other than it may cost you $50.

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I am researching this currently for my home I am about to start and it is mind blowing the possibilities.

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There have been a handful of threads on this in the past. Word of advice: don't find out what's possible and then attempt to choose from the possible. There are a ton of ways to do each thing (network, audio/video distribution...). Pick a thing that you want to do, and find out the ways you can do that. It can get quite cumbersome to read about awfully quick.

I put conduit in every room going to one single hub. I knew tech would change so I could pull it in and out if needed. I made a main hub and ran all my conduit to that room. Interior closet pre-attic. My house is foam so heat isn't an issue. Probably at most $300 in pvc, My house is 2700 with 4beds, an office, and Living room. If you run it yourself, leave string in it. I would do it once framed and before anyone else runs their stuff.