Re: Was: Whole-house audio, Now: Face to Face (again)

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

This kinda makes me recall the discussions a while back about a UKHA
face-to-face meeting...... (which hasn't really got off the ground yet...)

I guess it's now the wrong time of year, with Xmas coming up & all, so
if
it's ever gonna happen, I guess it would have to be in the new year?....

Failing that, the kind of one-off meetings like the kind that could have
happened below (if only the protagonists knew they were just 10 mins away
from each other), could be facilitated if we all knew, or had access to
each
others' private addresses....

I'm willing to publish my details to the list membership, and would be
happy
to receive visitors (not unannounced of course), from list members should
anyone happen to find themselves in London with an hour or two to spare....

What do you all think of this?...If it's a goer, should someone (perhaps
the
list moderator) serve as a central repository for contact details, or would
it be better to just have each individual mail the list with them?

Regards.

Paul Gordon


>From: Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Whole-house audio
>Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:08:43 -0000
>
>Wish I had known Jerry lived in Lancaster.
>I spent the last two weeks staying at my mums house 6 miles away!!
>
>Keith
>
>Keith Doxey
>http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
>Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jerry Treweek [mailto:J.treweek@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 03 November 1999 15:36
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Whole-house audio
>
>
>Hi Brendan,
>
>thats a very kind offer - yes please!
>
>Jerry Treweek
>2 Rutland Avenue
>Lancaster
>LA1 4EZ
>
>Enclose your address and I'll happily cover your costs.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Jerry
>
>
>
>
>Brendan wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > Think I might have an answer to your requirement.
> >
> > I have an article published by Steve Ciarcia in 1986 covering
design of
>a
>8
> > x 8 cross-bar switch (scalable in multiples) allowing any Audio /
Video
>i/p
> > to be switched to any of the
> > 8 (or multiples of) o/p.
> > Utilises RCA 74HC22106 crosspoint switch which presents some 95
ohms ON
> > resistance and some 9MHz bandwidth.
> > Routeing of any i/p to any o/p is achieved by clocking a 6-bit
address
>onto
> > the switch.
> >
> > I obtained this some years ago wvt building but it is,
unfortunately,
>one
>of
> > the many items I have never 'got around to' ... so no info on its
>operation
> > in anger.
> >
> > If any of you interested I'd be happy to snailmail photocopies of
the
> > article of scan and mail
> > (15 pages).
> >
> > Let me know.
> >
> > Brendan
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nigel Orr <nigel.orr@xxxxxxx>
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: 03 November 1999 08:50
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Whole-house audio
> >
> > >At 16:39 02/11/99 +0000, you wrote:
> > >>I'm working on a similar idea. I would like to distribute
hifi - (yes
> > hifi)
> > >>from a central system, the intention being to have
computer control
>over
> > the
> > >>routing at some future point.
> > >
> > >'Me Too'...
> > >
> > >>people who share the house...) so I've been turned into a
carpenter
>making
> > >>stair gates - anyway I digress...
> > >
> > >If you hadn't been digressing, you might not have had to make
stair
>gates
> > ;-)
> > >
> > >>The idea of a multi-input multi-zone amp sounds rather
like 100volt
> > speaker
> > >>drivers - I really don't think you're going to get hifi
quality
>through
> > that.
> > >
> > >Not necessarily.  Lots of the big PA systems (EAW, Meyer etc)
use high
> > >voltage distribution rather than 8 ohm, just to cut the
losses in the
>line.
> > > There are good music quality 100V transformers around (try
Canford,
>for
> > >starters), but good transformers aren't particularly cheap. 
There are
>also
> > >some speakers (like the odd looking Canon wide dispersion
thingys) that
> > >come with 100V as an option instead of 8 ohm.
> > >
> > >>You really do need an amp (preferally with a
differential/balanced
>input)
> > >- eg
> > >>Samson 'servo' series of studio amps (excellent value)
> > >
> > >I'd agree with that as the best approach, but for some rooms
where you
> > >don't want 'things', a central amp would be better.  In a
typical
>house,
> > >with speakers run on 2.5mm T&E mains cabling, there would
be few who
>could
> > >claim to notice the difference between a 2-3m run and a
10-20m one.
> > >However, the potential interference from the long runs of
cable near
>other
> > >signal cables might be an issue.
> > >
> > >>I think that using a network link and mp3'ing to each
room is a very
> > >expensive
> > >>way to go
> > >
> > >Agreed 110%!  At least for now.  MP3 decoders are actually
getting
>_very_
> > >cheap, but if you've run cat-5 for audio, you might be able
to use the
>same
> > >cable for digital audio and video in future.  That'll be the
Kat-5
>plus,
> > >right Keith?
> > >
> > >Nigel
> > >
> >
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