Re: Speakers over cat 5 - not hi-fi

[Martin Howell <martin.howell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I run sound across CAT5 from my music server and its local amplifier
to
the other end of the house into a second amplifier with no noticeable
loss of quality between the two locations - it sounds just the same at
both.  This is low-level signal, not the speaker outputs, but I don't
see why you couldn't feed some powered speakers at the other end

Martin

David Chapman wrote:
> AutomatedHome UK DiscussionAnyone into hi-fi look away now....
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> House / office is floodwired cat5. PC audio output works well to a
pair of amplied sony speakers using cable that is not much thicker than
cotton (well it's about 2mm diameter and carries plus and minus, left and
right).
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> So... I'm sure I could cut it and add a pair of cat5 plugs and use the
4 pairs to run the stereo speakers. Of course I can't send much power down
but the cross section of copper will be much more than the existing cable.
I guess the killer is distance but shouldn't need to go more than about 20
metres. Result would be a very useful pair of speakers I can carry around
and plug into the wall in the room I'm working.
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> Obviously need to ensure I don't plug a laptop into same socket but
other than that can't see any great problems in doing this ?
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