Re: Running Audio Over Home Network

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It may work just plugging the pair into the soundcard and speaker. You
might have to boost the volume a bit but it will probably be OK. If not,
some audio baluns might do the trick if you put the line level on the
pair and use an old stereo receiver to amplify in the bedroom - but I
doubt you'll have to.


> I am in the USA and want to run sound into my 5 year old son's
> bedroom. He gets a night time story on CD as he falls asleep, but he
> tends to play it over and over, having figured out the CD player, and
> he ends up not getting enough sleep.  Why exercise parental control
> when there is a technological solution?  Exactly!
>
> I thought I'd run sound into his room so that we can control the
> playback from downstairs.  Doing a little research made me realize I
> couldn't share a remote CD-ROM drive and play the story through a
> computer in his bedroom controlled remotely via VNC, so it's on to
> plan B.
>
> I have two CAT-5 cables with phone connectors spliced into two of the
> unused wires in my 100MBS network.  I used them to run my Vonage phone
> service up to my bedroom, but now that I dropped my POTS line, I just
> run Vonage through the basic phone network in the house, so these
> cables aren't needed, but they are just calling out to run mono sound
> up to my son's bedroom.
>
> Now I just need connections from a sound card out to a RJ-11 male
> jack. Then from a RJ-11 male jack to computer speaker inputs.  Don't
> really have a question, but if anyone wants to comment or offer a
> suggestion, I always like hearing other points of view.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this.