jaredcoe wrote: > I am planning to do a multi-room audio system and looking for some > guidance. I would like to do centralized amplifier, hidden in a closet, > and a squeezebox in each room that I want audio. For some rooms, I > might have to run close to a 100 foot RCA cable from the squeezebox to > my amplifier. Will this significantly decrease the audio quality? I've > read some reviews that say yes and others that say no...
I would not do it that way. Don't run long RCA cable. It has zero noise immunity. There is a reason that professional studios use XLR for long runs. Combine the lack of noise immunity with the expected signal loss from a long run, and you will have to turn up the gain, which will amplify the noise. More fundamentally, I don't understand why, if you have SqueezeBoxen in each room, that you need long runs? Just put a small amp next to the Squeezebox, or use powered speakers. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
