RE: Audio signal distribution.

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Basically I would suggest that if you're just wanting to pipe voice
announcements or so on through the house then CAT5 would be more than
sufficient but anything with any degree of quality should use far heftier
wiring - hell, even bell wire would be better (much as I hate the stuff and
would never have it in my house other than to the doorbell)!

Myself, I was looking at using a couple of the 6 channel Rotel power amps
to
provide individually controlled outputs in each room ... I couldn't stand
it
if switching in or out other rooms affected volumes elsewhere. As it is I
just ended up buying decent micro systems (TEAC Reference and Denon) for
the
kitchen and bedrooms.

Cheers

Phil


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 May 2001 11:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Audio signal distribution.
>
>
> 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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