Re: Simple Multi Room Audio help

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Hi Simon,

I have these in each of my bathrooms:

http://tinyurl.com/2a76rk

They (surprisingly) have very good sound quality.  The mai unit is hidden
in
the ceiling void with an IR Remote for control.  Even my techno-phobe SWMBO
can handle it!! :-)

HTH

Stuart

"seniorsimon" <simon.ryley@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm after some advice for a basic multi room audio system for the
> bathrooms in my house.  This is a retro fit into a finished property.
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> All I need is a single source (FM Radio) into two bathrooms.  If we
> want other music I can just connect one of the ipods via an FM
> transmitter and manually switch the radio frequency in the cupboard.
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> The source will be in a cupboard in the hallway, with either a single
> mono or stereo speaker in each bathroom, so no mains voltage in the
> bathrooms at all.   Speaker wires can be run to the ceilings or walls
> of the bathrooms through the ceiling cavity without much difficulty.
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> I would like to have local on/off and volume control in each bathroom,
> via a simple surface mount volume control by the door.  Its a fully
> tiled bathroom and I want to be easily able to remove this system in a
> few years when we move.
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> The source will be on a timeswitch for few hours each day when the
> bathrooms are likely to be used.
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> 1) Can anyone recommend a suitable volume control or am I best just
> building my own with something like http://tinyurl.com/2fv5wj
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> 2) If I fit ceiling speakers does this cause problems with fire regs?
>  I'm currently thinking that small surface mount cube speakers are the
> way to go to keep things simple.  Anyone have any they recommend for a
> bathroom?
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> 3)  What kind of source and or amp do I need?  As I want both
> bathrooms to run simultaneously, I assume I need something with two
> sets of speaker outputs?  Its going to be in a cupboard and rarely
> seen, so aesthetics aren't a problem here.   Current plan is something
> from ebay.
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> 4) Are there any glaring holes in this plan?
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> Thanks for any and all advice.
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> Simon
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