Re: Speakers for announcements

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Nik,

I have various HA speakers around my house (6 in total so far)

for TTS announcements, you obviously don't need stereo speakers in each
room. I have used a mixture of old spare "Hifi" speakers (not
really that
"Hi" though!), and cheap car speakers from Halfords.

In some places I have not used flush-mount speakers as there was an obvious
place to hide speaker boxes: in the Kitchen I have one sitting on top of
one
of the wall cupboards, in the hall I have one hidden inside a box radiator
cover, and in the master bedroom I have one hidden inside a box headboard.

In the bathroom I used flush-mount car speakers in the ceiling, I used a
stereo pair in this instance as I plan to also use them for music etc.
whilst in the bath. These are car speakers from Halfords, and I just made
sure I got some with plastic rather than paper cones. (These ones can be
seen at http://paulgordon.homeip.net/bathroom
)

As for cable, for TTS use I really don't see any point in using anything
more than the cheapest cable available! I have actually used a CAT5 run in
one instance, but for most of the others I have used the cheap B&Q et
al
speaker cable, which IIRC is about 12p per metre. I bought a drum of this
stuff for less than £15 I think...

This all performs perfectly acceptably...

Paul G.



>From: "Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: "Home automation \(E-mail\)" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Speakers for announcements
>Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:37:48 +0100
>
>The time has come...
>I am ready to put some more cable throughout the flat. I downloaded
>homeseer
>yesterday, for a trial and saw that I should really have some speakers
for
>announcements.
>Inital plan is to put small wall speaker in each room (5+2, kitchen,
>lounge,
>hallway, 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms).
>I plan to put them above the doors in each room. Bathroom ones must be
>water
>resistant. Internal walls are very thin, 5 cm including plaster on both
>sides. Plaster is about 12mm, so I have just 38mm from surface to the
back
>of the plaster on the other side of the wall.
>Did anyone see such a thin speakers, preferrably in white.
>Are there any standards in speaker sizes, so if speaker dies at some
point
>later I'll have no problems replacing it? I don't want some funny
shapes,
>so
>I have problems finding spare later.
>And, most important question: What kind of cable to put for that
speaker?
>I suppose hi-fi speaker cable should be fine, but are they an overkill?
>Also, because it's crossing power lines, wouldn't it be better if it's
>shielded? Also, they are thick, generally speaking, should I go for
>something thinner?
>Please come with your experiences, because once I put it in, it will be
>impossible to replace it later.
>Cheers,
>Nik
>




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