RE: Audio signal distribution.

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Nigel,

There are some remotely controled switch boxes available in the States, but
nothing here that I know of. You might look at building your own using
relays and driving them with HomeVision if you have one.

I was not saying that you cant distribute speaker level via CAT5, I was
saying it is not a good idea as the cable doesnt have a high enough current
rating.

As I said before, CAT5 is a SIGNAL cable not a POWER cable. You dont need
my
KAT5 Units to distribute audio over CAT5, you can use a passive balun aka
Transformer to convert UNbalanced to BALanced run over CAT5 and then
BALanced to UNbalanced. Some people have also had success sending the
signal
straight over CAT5 but that method is not to be recommended as it is highly
prone to hum, noise and crosstalk pickup.

Any cable will carry electicity, how well it does it will be determined by
the type of cable, likewise you can fill a swimming pool with a garden hose
but the Fire Brigade would fill it quicker. :-)

The solutions offered by these companies obviously work, that is not in
question, the question is how well they work for the end users needs. The
choices are out there, in the end it is YOU the potential user that will
decide what YOU think is best based on Features, Performance and Price.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garwood [mailto:themanse@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 May 2001 10:03
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Audio signal distribution.
>
>
> Keith
> Don't get me wrong, I am not dought what you say, I was interested to
see
> if the solution that these companies who sell structured cabling
systems
> provide, is really any good. At the last Build it show I went to,
> one firm
> was saying that you could "pump" sound through out the house
with cat 5,
> and that wasn't using KAT5.
>
> Changing the subject slightly, what is the best and most cost
> effective way
> to split the output from an amp to all these separate speakers. I
> see that
> QED  do a speaker switch with independence balancing for about ?100.
Is
> there a similar box that can be controlled remotely ?
>
> Nigel





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