I’m in the process of planning a “poor man’s” whole house audio with
Squeezebox[es|en] as the main drivers.  I also plan to split some of
the audio out to a couple of my accessible rooms using Cat-5 audio
distribution, likely something like On-Q/Legrand has here: 
http://tinyurl.com/2l4syn

>From what I understand, this will essentially take my audio source,
split it along multiple CAT-5 runs, each to a volume control.  The
volume control then outputs the sound via standard speaker wire to the
speakers.

My question is this:  Will synchronization amongst other Squeezeboxes
in the house work correctly with output from the Squeezebox Receiver
feeding the zones?  In other words, should I anticipate any audio delay
in the path from the Squeezebox through the CAT-5 controller to the
various speakers?

This is pretty important, since I plan to have my dining room be fed
either by a Squeezebox 3 or a Squeezebox Receiver fed into a small
shelf stereo, and the surrounding rooms (kitchen and living room) will
be two zones fed by the original Squeezebox Receiver.  If there is much
of a delay at all, I would imagine that it would create the annoying
echo effect.

Any thoughts on this proposed set up?

Just to be clear, here is what I’m planning:


Squeezebox Receiver -> Denon Receiver* -> On-Q Distribution Module ->
Cat 5 to Four Zones -> Volume Controls -> Speakers
The zones in question are this:  Kitchen, Living Room, Bathroom,
Outside Deck

* Note that I’m undecided whether or not to put my Denon in the mix
here.  I would like to include it so I can easily output AM and FM
radio to the 4 zones, as well as possibly what’s playing on the TV in
the basement theater.

The other two pieces would be this:
Squeezebox Receiver (or SB3) wireless -> Shelf stereo -> Dining room
(as mentioned, between the kitchen and living room)
Squeezebox Receiver (or SB3) wireless -> Clock Radio -> Bedroom

Thanks!


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