RE: KAT5 & Hubs/switches

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Andy,

You are correct. There are, however, two separate issues to turn this
into a full "whole house" audio:

1: The KAT5 switcher hasn't actually been launched yet ;-(

2: If you want a seamless walk from one "audio zone" into the
next, you
actually need to put quite a bit of work into making sure that all your
sound systems are matched tonally. In many respects, KAT5 is about the
BEST source to use, since it guarantees you're starting with the same
input signal. However, you need to be careful if your choice of
amps/speakers to prevent the sound changing wierdly from one room to the
next. That's why I, for example, want either zoned audio, or rooms with
sound separated with "quiet rooms" rather than one big
"whole house
speaker."

Regards,

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher



-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andylaurence@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 3 December 2001 13:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] KAT5 & Hubs/switches


Hi All,

I'm not really up to scratch on CAT5/KAT5 and such like.  What I was
wondering was ... could I connect a PC as MP3 player at node0 to a
hub/switch via KAT5 to distribute audio around the house?  If this would
work, I could then connect 4/8/16/... amplifiers to the other end of the
CAT5 to receive the audio stream via KAT5 and have the same MP3s playing
in
each room.  Is this possible, or have I assumed too much?

Cheers,
Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms



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