> Why do you need the "Analog audio routing circuit" and "Speaker selector > circuit" ? > > Is it because you can't afford to have one set of amplifier+speakers per > streaming device or can't afford one streaming device per room or is > there some other reason ? >
> > Typically, my feeling is that with players that support synchronization, > you want to put a player+amplifier+speakers in each room. > Such setup would result in that you only have to select which player to > output the sound from and this will likely make the remote control > significantly simpler on top of this it means that you only need an > Ethernet cable to each room so the cabling should get simpler (you might > even be able to use WiFi for at least a few of the rooms). I have one set of amplifier+speakers for each room and it is a waste of space and money in my opinion. Everyone enjoys music in their own way with their own preferred setup, but it bugs me that many don't enjoy it enough because it costs too much or takes too much knowledge to set up and operate. I have 9 zones that I can control with ipeng. 7 of the 9 have their speaker wires ran to a common place in my house. So I've got a bunch of amplifiers in players located in that area. Out of the 9, the 2 areas that get used the most are the dining room and the deck. These have in-wall and mounted outdoor speakers. I'm not sure where I'd locate the player and amp in those areas that wouldn't be a nuisance. I'm certain that my family members would find more opportunities to screw things up if the equipment were accessible. So ideally for me, a combination of distributed, where speaker wires go to a common area, and networked, where players are remote is the best solution. My "Analog audio routing circuit" and "Speaker selector circuit" blocks would be an idea for a way to be more efficient. I have 9 zones and have had them for years, but I can't remember a time that I've had different music playing in more than 2 areas. So I've got a bunch of equipment always sitting there wasting energy and taking up space. I've rarely used synching (like most I'd guess), but would like to have a very easy way to transfer the currently playing music in one zone to another. Synching could be done more appropriately with the audio routing hardware. I think a music system in a house should be as common as a refrigerator. Two or three rooms where the speaker wires run to a common spot and are powered by a minimum number of class D amplifiers and players so it could be DIRT cheap with a common point of control. IMO - The more people listen to their favorite music, the happier they are. I can't imagine anyone doing dreadfully bad while listening to their favorite song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mweb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34242 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
