re: Home audio system - paging hopeful doc

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Maybe just run the speaker wire for future

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I think he was asking whether the wiring was already present. So to be clear: the project is currently entire in the planning stage with no wire to any of the 8 locations and no components of the setup has been purchased to date, correct?

If this is the start of the project, wire the speakers to a central location. That's not hard to do, and you can set up the speakers you want at that price point.

After that, sonos is not a bad option and you could add additional components as needed. At the very least you would have everything set up and installed and ready for future improvements.

I had two determining factors for going the sonos way. 1- I wanted multi room speaker control and the ability to play anything throughout those rooms. 2- I wanted to do it from my iPad or iPhone. (Needed to be mobile). Sonos met those items for me and works so well that I walk in from work and my wife is actually playing music.

With your house, I would take the stance to future proof everything. And by running speakers (1-2 or whatever) to a central location, you will be leaps and bounds above 90% of the market.

As a disclaimer, I love my Sonos set up and have stated this on the board before. It's not as expensive as you think, and I would be glad to answer more questions to help out if needed. <<<@gmail.com.


Edit: HopefulDoc, I'd love to know what you do, sounds like we like the same things...haha

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HopefulDoc, I'd love to know what you do sounds like we like the same things...haha

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Saw your original post. Didn't see your edit til just now. I study medicine by day and read up on/buy a ton of tech stuff by night. I used to have a job in IT before med school. Or maybe I'm missing the point of your question...?

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SONOS is not an expensive solution. It gives you a ton of flexibility in how and where you use the system. You can have moving zones with SONOS. By the time you run the speaker wire and buy the speakers, amps, volume controls and sources you could have just done something like SONOS for less money and without cutting any holes in walls.

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This.

So I thought it'd be easier to just show this. I'm guessing that the streaming stuff is an input and I can't watch TV and listen to spotify at the same time? What's the easiest way to achieve?

TV in living with sound from soundbar and spotify in other rooms from ceiling speakers simultaneously. Reason being, wife mat want to listen to something in other rooms while I watch tv or vice versa.

I haven't bought the receiver yet just the one I was eyeing. I'll check for that feature with that one. Thanks again Doc!

Yamaha RX-V577 RX-V477 Receivers
Backing a bit off the multi-zone and upscaling feature-set, the RX-V577 and RX-V477 still include a Zone B speaker output as well as dual subwoofer outputs. Both of these receivers also have six HDMI inputs and one output. They will pass-through 4K, 3D and utilize HDMI’s Audio Return Channel feature so you can get audio from your television’s tuner back to your AV receiver for transmitting that sound to your speakers—all without having to run another cable. Both the RX-V577 and RX-V477 Receivers feature a discrete amp configuration and 192 kHz/24-bit Burr-Brown DACs for all channels.