7h3kk1d Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 My parents are buying a new house and we're going to wire it with Cat 5e and junk. I want a way to control speakers in every room in the house from a central server. Would you advise using the Ethernet to transfer this data then convert it to sound using something in every room or would you advise wiring audio cables into the rooms with jacks in the wall and have a whole bunch of sound cards on a server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Or... you can use shielded wire to speakers in every room all run back to an amplifier. And give the amplifier whatever source you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7h3kk1d Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Or... you can use shielded wire to speakers in every room all run back to an amplifier. And give the amplifier whatever source you want. What if I wanted different rooms playing different things though? I know it's kind of silly but I think it would be cool if my room mates could go to a web server and select music to play in there rooms or play the same thing in every room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Then you would need a multiple input/output audio matrix switcher. Not sure on a price tag for that. I use these at work. http://www.extron.com/product/listbytype.aspx?subtype=134 an audio matrix switcher will allow you to "route" any audio input to any/multiple outputs. Edited January 31, 2011 by Mr-Protocol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7h3kk1d Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Then you would need a multiple input/output audio matrix switcher. Not sure on a price tag for that. I use these at work. http://www.extron.com/product/listbytype.aspx?subtype=134 an audio matrix switcher will allow you to "route" any audio input to any/multiple outputs. Yeah probably not. I think I'm going to look into some airplay alternatives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Yeah... those Extron devices are for professional applications. Big price tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7h3kk1d Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Yeah... those Extron devices are for professional applications. Big price tags. Definitely. I'm thinking of attempting to design something myself using arduinos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Cool, post the results if you get it all working. Maybe someone else would like to do something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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