RE: Recommended whole-house audio dist amp?

[Chris Bond <chris@xxxxxxx>]

I take it from peoples comments that Keith is building a CAT5 Audio
Modular.....?

I want to have two speakers in the corner of each room all linked up to a
central distribution for the whole house.  Ie. you can turn each room on
and off.....

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, BUTLER, Tony, FM wrote:

> Okay, that's not hugely helpful, so here goes:
> www.kat5.tv <http://www.kat5.tv>  if you want details
on Keiths stuff.
>
> Current Uk options for multiroom audio include Linn knekt and QED
> Systemline.
>
> Linn go the KAT5 route, with a central switch, balanced audio run over
cat5
> to remote receivers, remote amps, and remote in wall keypads.
> You can expand from 8 sources to 8 rooms, to 8 sources into 16 rooms,
to (8
> or 16?) sources into 256 rooms!
> Linn is horrendously expensive, and you only get the full benefit if
all kit
> is Linn (eg you can see on keypad which radio station is playing,
which CD
> track is playing etc).  With other kit, you get one way IR control or
> control from the keypad if Linn support the device.
> There is no integration with anything else.  Linn keep a tight lid on
their
> system :(
> The big advantage of Linn over QED (KAT 5 has this advantage too) is
that
> the quality of the end product is dependent on the source equipment
and the
> amps you choose, not the multiroom kit per se.  So kiddies get cheap
'n
> cheerful 10W amp & speakers in thier room, and the lounge has a
1000W
> motherf**ker and 8 grand nautilus speakers :-)
>
> QED's system line is a central amp feeding speakers in 4 zones.  They
do
> remote keypads too.
> This is a lot cheaper than Linn, though still a good couple of grand
to put
> together.
> The end result is wholly reliant on the quality of the QED amp.
>
> At the end of the day, sound quality may not be so important to you. I
am no
> audiophile, but I went the Linn route because it seemed more flexible
and I
> _might_ become an audiophile in my old age :)  None of the sources are
Linn
> (yet) so I don't get the full benefit, but it's still pretty good.
>
> NB:  Neither of these does video :-<<<<<<
>
> Keiths system does.  Once the switch is done, this would easily
replace the
> Linn in terms of no of devices, flexibility etc.  Okay, so no funky
'Radio
> 1' display on a keypad, but the added benefit of distributed video far
> outweighs the need for that!
> Also, it would probably cost the same to do the whole house with KAT5
as it
> costs to do 1 or 2 rooms with Linn.....
>
> HTH,
>
> Tony
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BUTLER, Tony, FM
> Sent: 01 February 2002 09:29
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Recommended whole-house audio dist amp?
>
>
> All together now......
> "WAIT FOR KEITH'S KAT5 SWITCHER" :-))
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: psghome2002 [mailto:psghome@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 February 2002 09:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Recommended whole-house audio dist amp?
>
>
> I'm still pondering what to go for in the way of a whole-house audio
> (and video?) distribution amp. I need 4+ zones, pref 6+. Controllers
> running off Cat5e with IR receive would be good too and some way of
> patching in and overriding/mixing any zones audio with a paging
> signal (such as announcements from HomeVision/PC etc) would be good.
> I'd prefer a central amp running to remote speakers.
>
> I've looked at Kustom/Nuvo units from www.kustom.com which look good
> but haven't found supplier in UK yet (or US supplier that will ship).
>
> What do you use? Any recommendations / 'steer clears'?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
>
>
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