RE: WANTED : Whole House Component Suggestions

["Dan Hoehnen" <dhoehnen@xxxxxxx>]

I thought it would be too expensive, but took the chance that maybe you
were
one of the few automators with money to burn, no wife, or both.  :)

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Orr [mailto:Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:40 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] WANTED : Whole House Component Suggestions
>
>
> At 07:36 19/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >that can be used to control it.  I'm not sure if it's got all the
audio
> >matrix features you need, but it should at least be close.  You
> can check it
> >out at:
> >
> >I must warn you, it's a bit expensive at about $2000 USD (list
> price, maybe
> >you can get a "deal" for around $1600?)
>
> Splutter!  I don't think I could go for that... at $2000 it'd
> have to have
> more than the features I need, not just be close!  Maybe it's just the
> residual Scottish blood in my system... :-)
>
> Maybe a lot of that is because it does video switching too?  And
remote
> control of bass, treble etc seems a bit OTT for my liking- that's
> definitely a 'set and forget' thing.
>
> On the other hand, I'm surprised that something which involves line
level
> signals in an installation doesn't use balanced/differential
> signals- it's
> just single ended on a phono- if you're trying to make life easier for
> installers, I'd have thought that balanced audio would be a bigger
time
> saver (because it saves thinking!) than being able to set up tone
> controls
> remotely (which just needs two people, one to ask the other one to
adjust
> the controls!)
>
> I guess that, like my burglar alarm, I'll plan on building my own,
until
> someone else gets in there and does it 'right' (where 'right' means
'just
> how I'd like it'), like Comfort... <g>
>
> For now, I'm thinking along the lines of 8 stereo in's, 4 stereo
out's,
> manual setting of source levels (cos that realistically doesn't
change),
> initally at least no tone controls, IR control of output levels,
balanced
> inputs and outputs.  Not sure whether I'd go for video switching too-
I'd
> not thought of it, but I suppose it's a good idea really...
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
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