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Hello,
Still am thinking about upcoming renovations... Current planning is that the renovation of the facade could start next year. Last time I asked about blinds, now it is about audio/video stuff... I have a number of Squeezeboxes, but not everything is installed as it should, and it needs to be finalized. While going over some details of my hardware I realized I could use the multi-room speaker output of my amplifier. So this got me thinking... Amplifier is a Marantz SR6001, which has line out and speakers out for zone 2 and which has speakers A and speakers B for zone one, switchable. Connected to it are a PC (connected with hdmi, optical and analog 7.1) and a Squeezebox. The amplifier is fully controllable from the PC via its serial port (this is configured) and has 5.1 speakers connected. This leaves the speaker B and the zone2 speakers empty.
I was now thinking that if I would run some speaker cables to other rooms (e.g. kitchen and bedroom) and connect one room as speakers B and the other room as speakers for zone2. Of course the speakers B have to share the source with whatever is playing in the main room, but it being a 2 person apartment that is not a big issue and it overcomes the problem of having to put an amplifier or powered speakers. In addition, in the rooms, I could have a physical Squeezebox that is synchronized with a Squeezelite on the pc, just to have a control point and display.
Pulling the cables may not be very difficult, as I have lowered ceiling in which cables are hidden (and the renovations will require to already add cables and perhaps even tubing there.
Any comments on this?
Thanks!
Jörg
Still am thinking about upcoming renovations... Current planning is that the renovation of the facade could start next year. Last time I asked about blinds, now it is about audio/video stuff... I have a number of Squeezeboxes, but not everything is installed as it should, and it needs to be finalized. While going over some details of my hardware I realized I could use the multi-room speaker output of my amplifier. So this got me thinking... Amplifier is a Marantz SR6001, which has line out and speakers out for zone 2 and which has speakers A and speakers B for zone one, switchable. Connected to it are a PC (connected with hdmi, optical and analog 7.1) and a Squeezebox. The amplifier is fully controllable from the PC via its serial port (this is configured) and has 5.1 speakers connected. This leaves the speaker B and the zone2 speakers empty.
I was now thinking that if I would run some speaker cables to other rooms (e.g. kitchen and bedroom) and connect one room as speakers B and the other room as speakers for zone2. Of course the speakers B have to share the source with whatever is playing in the main room, but it being a 2 person apartment that is not a big issue and it overcomes the problem of having to put an amplifier or powered speakers. In addition, in the rooms, I could have a physical Squeezebox that is synchronized with a Squeezelite on the pc, just to have a control point and display.
Pulling the cables may not be very difficult, as I have lowered ceiling in which cables are hidden (and the renovations will require to already add cables and perhaps even tubing there.
Any comments on this?
Thanks!
Jörg