RE: TTS and how to do it?

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

>>
>I am also using the PC, and had thought about grouping my zones into
a
>simple "all-time" and "silent during night-time"
set, then using stereo 
>Amps
>to drive pairs of zones, so that all of the "night time"
zones are on the
>left hand side, with the "all the time" zones on the right
hand side...
>
>so, software control can change the balance 100% right during the
evening..
>
>Perhaps not the most elegant, as I imagine there would be a quiet
(but
>probably VERY annoying) hisssss from the muted speakers..
>

this is similar to what I have in place now... the stereo output from the
HA 
PC goes to an old HiFi Amp I had spare. This amp lives in Node 0 next to
the 
HA PC and is on 24x7. The amp drives 2 x pairs of speakers which are 
distributed around the house thus:

Pair A Left channel = Master bedroom
Pair A Right channel = Near the front door
Pair B Left channel = Kitchen
Pair B Right channel = Living room.

Homeseer generates the TTS output, and the only "zoning" control
I have at 
the moment is that I have homeseer set either the left or right channel to
0 
volume, so I have 2 "zones" - Bedroom & Kitchen and Lounge
& hall. There is 
absolultely no noticeable hiss from any of these speakers (SWMBO would 
complain pretty soon if there were!) - The one in the bedroom is placed
behind my built-in headboard about 2 feet away from my ears, so I'd notice
it as well if there was any unwanted noise..

SWMBO has already complained that this zoning is not fine enough - a number
of times she has moaned that my morning wake-up event is played in the 
kitchen as well (she often gets up before me, and is in the kitchen when my
alarm goes off), so I have to sort out some proper zoning control pretty
soon...

My initial thought is just to put some relays in the speaker leads to 
(dis)connect individual speakers to/from the amp. - a bit concerned about
running the amp with no speakers connected to it though... (I envisage 
having all speakers disconnected unless/until TTS output is needed to that
zone). Id also like to add a couple more output zones as well....

Paul G.


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