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Sonos Like Setup

  • 17-05-2012 02:36PM
    #1
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    I might have added this post in the wrong forum yesterday so feel free to delete.

    Just looking for a bit of advice here, I've a few issues trying to set up an whole house audio system.

    I have every room wired for speakers, all going back to a utility room closet. I also have a couple of apple TV's, a hp server and an airport express.

    People have suggested to me that I should go sonos but the issue is they are pretty costly if you want more than a couple of zone.

    1st option I have:

    Use the optical output of the apple tv's as sources, somehow wire them back to the utility room (via cat6 or speaker cable) and put them through an amp to a couple of zones.

    Anyone any suggestions on how to do this?

    Plus use the airport express in the utility room to go through an amp to a couple of zones.
    OR
    Use the audio output of the server to go through an amp to a couple of zones.

    Because the airport express is basically only a wireless transmitter I will have the same music from server output as airport output.
    2nd option I have:

    Get a multiple audio output PCI card for the server and use some kind of sw to stream different music/radio to different outputs?

    Anyone any suggestions on how to do this?

    Thanks for any help you can give,

    Gary


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