Re: Multi room speaker configuration

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am buying a new house and would like it to be wired for ceiling
> speakers so that I can play music and I can hear it in all the rooms.
> Since I have all my music collection in my computer, which I am
> thinking of placing it in the den, I want it to be used as the source
> for music. I know Computer does not give out enough amplified sound, so
> I would have to connect it to the receiver or amplifier. I want to
> place speakers in the Dining room, Family room and Master suite. I also
> want to control the volume in each room. Here's what I want to know:
>
> 1) What will be best and economical configration to do this?
> 2) What kind of speakers would I need and where can I get them from?

Best thing to do is pull two sets of wire.  Pull cat-5 to each place you'd
want a volume control.  Then pull 4 conductor 14 gauge in-wall wire to that
same location.  From there pull two conductor 16ga in-wall speaker wire to
each speaker location.  This way you can use either keypad or centrally
amplified signals.  I've got a combination of A-Bus and a CAV6.6 from
Russound and it works great.