Wel I appreciate the prompt response, even if it's not particularly helpful!
JJZolx Wrote: > You're going to run Ethernet to the room to feed a stream into the SB, > then the output of the SB, whether digital or analog, will go to a > centrally located amp, then back to the room's speakers? Basically yes, although I will also be installing a matrix switcher (Autopatch) in-between that I will be controlling via CQC. I didn't want to make the story too complicated at this point. > IMO, this sounds extraordinarily convoluted, particularly if you wish to > use the digital out. At least using the analog outs you could use a big > honkin' multi-channel amp to handle more than one room. A big honking multichannel amp is what I'm actually trying to avoid. A nice little efficient digital multichannel amp is more what I had in mind. Besides which I'm a digital kind of guy, my main system's all Meridian. > Ditch the idea of an enclosure in the wall. What if in a couple of > years you come up with a better solution that doesn't fit so neatly > into the enclosure? What if you want to move furniture in front of the > enclosure? Points noted. I did rather like the idea of just the graphic display appearing in view but I'm not wedded to the idea. > And you want to provide remote power? The Squezebox just wasn't > designed for this type of installation. You'd like to have nothing but > the player and remote, plus a pair of speakers in the room, but I can't > see that as practical without a _lot_ of very odd cabling. I know it wasn't designed for that, but is there any reason why it couldn't be done? As for odd cabling there will be lots of other low voltage cabling of different types all over the place for smokes, alarm sensors, lighting, thermos etc. A few more won't make that much difference. And actually running the digital audio out over Cat5e seems to me to be quite an elegant approach (I agree it could also be done with the analog as well). I guess what I'm really asking is if anyone has come across a 5V power distribution unit like the 12/24V unit that Elk has for its M1-Gold (which I already have). > I'm not a fan of trying to run the Squeezebox without a volume control > on a local amp. The cleanest install would then be a small integrated > amp in the room, plus the Squeezebox on top or nearby, with Ethernet > and speaker cabling jacks on a wall plate. If you find an amp with an > AC outlet, you could reduce your power plugs going to the wall to just > one. I guess one is either a Centralist or a Distributionist in such matters. -- FPP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FPP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2770 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26210 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
