RE: Announcements over Cat5e?

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

>
>I have been considering doing this to provide background' music to 
>different
>rooms.
>I'd been considering hooking up directly to the PC soundcard
outputs
>(amplified).
>Thinking about cheap zoning optios -  just wondering can several
of the
>cheapo Soundblaster compatible cards be installed be installed in a
single
>PC?
>

One thing to be aware of, is that I have noticed some definite buzzing over
the speakers that I use for TTS, which I *think* is caused by noise from
the 
PC. - In my case, the speakers are connected to an old amplifier, and the
PC 
is connectedd to one of the line-in's on the amp.
The "buzzing" isn't really a constant "buzz" (it isn't
really a buzz at all, 
but there's no better description I can think of), it is a regularly 
repeating pattern of "buzz-like" sound, that has 2 different
durations, 
kinda like: zzzzzzz - zzzzzzz - zz - zz - zz over and over...

This is using the on-board sound on the motherboard. I plan to put a SB
card 
in there instead to see if I can cure it. The other thing I plan to do is
put the individual speakers on relays and only turn them on as/when 
required. - then at least the noise won't be an annoyance all the time!

Paul G.


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