20 pairs of speakers for 7000sf new house
my friend is building a large custom house and wants about 20 pairs of speakers to play the same source throughout the very large house. I am the "audio" friend giving advice but this is a out of my league so I am asking the group for advice.
She has her first bid but the source is a $400 Yamaha receiver hooked up to two speaker switcher boxes, one box has 8 speaker outputs and the other 4 speaker outputs. While this does not equal the desired number of speakers I am thinking a bigger problem is the receiver will not drive all the speakers at the same time.
The speakers will be in the ceilings with a volume control in each room and will be mainly for background music. There will be a separate volume control in each room.
I have an old luxman 100w integrated amp hooked up to a 6 speaker switcher box driving 3 sets of speaker which work fine so that is my only reference point.
Any advice is appreciated. Also there will be a separate stand alone home theater room so that is not an issue. I am recommending a separate circuit breaker, for the main components, a fan for ventilation as the components will be under the stairs, a HD DVD player which the home theater bid did not include anything else to consider what about wiring for computer or is it better to go wireless
I wish I had this challenge at my place maybe next year
thanks
I agree. Be a good friend and suggest he check with a local pro.
There's so many variables and options that expecting a perfect answer here is crazy.
He may pay more to correct your mistakes than it would have cost to just get it done right by someone who knows in the first place.