Re: RE: [Bulk] UK_Selfbuild Audio round the house options?

["Phil Harris phil@xxxxxxxxxxx [ukha_d]" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's some really nice kit from Naim Audio... ;-)

Phil

Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...

> On 29 Jun 2015, at 09:52, 'Neil Ball' neilball@xxxxxxx [ukha_d]
<ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> If you value ease of use and a stable/mature platform then Sonos still
takes
> some beating although their zone amps for use with outboard speakers
seem a
> little pricey compared with their Play all-in-one range. The Denon
Heos
> system looks promising although their app is not as polished, and you
still
> have the issue of whether they stay in this part of the market for the
long
> term. Their development roadmap shows a multi-zone rack-mount unit is
> promised some time this year. At the other end of the spectrum there
is the
> option to build players from RPi's and low cost power amps, controlled
via
> DLNA.
>
>
>
> I've stuck with Sonos myself - with a number of zones fed from
Connect:Amps
> to in-ceiling speakers, and some areas fed from Play speakers where I
wanted
> to keep costs lower. The whole family has no problem using the system
- even
> my retired parents find it easy to use when they visit, and have
bought
> themselves a Play:1 too for use at home after using Sonos here.
>
>
>
> Neil B.
>
>
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> From: UK_Selfbuild@xxxxxxx [mailto:UK_Selfbuild@xxxxxxx]
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> Sent: 29 June 2015 09:41
> To: UK_Selfbuild@xxxxxxx; ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [Bulk] UK_Selfbuild Audio round the house options?
>
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> I am now in the final stages of my self-build and am starting to think
how
> to implement music/audio around the place.
>
> My wiring/cabling consists of a network of pairs of heavy duty
loudspeaker
> cables out to speaker locations in the ceiling of each room.
> The intention was to allow for central control of the system from my
Node 0.
> I also provided CAT 5 at several points around each room to allow for
IR
> control if necessary, but I imagine that wireless will have superseded
that
> idea?
>
> At the time of planning/implementing this network, there was not a
great
> deal of choice in audio/control systems and I would now like to know
what
> the up to date options are.
>
> So please feel free to flood me with ideas :-)
>
> Many thanks
>
> Tracey
> Lincolnshire
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