Speaker Questions
Whole house audio setup recommendations for a ranch home
Rob, Take a look at this for an overall kind of primer. For a single zone type system, you'd have speaker selector and volume controls. An 8 pair speaker selector like this. Volume controls. That will be impedance matching in the speaker selector and ...
Whole house audio setup recommendations for Onkyo
Tim, I'd just use this one on the mains and the kitchen. That should do the trick. You may have to adjust your levels a little in surround modes to make your theater right. Remember to turn off any surround modes to get sound in the kitchen. Name : ...
Impedance matching for whole house audio
Russell, You need some kind of "impedance matching". Both speaker selectors and volume controls "can" perform this function for you. The best way to go about designing a system is with a speaker selector and non-impedance matching volume controls. In ...
Speaker recommendations for whole house audio and patio
Mike, For the patio, any of our speakers will work for outside, however the one`s with aluminum grills weather better over time, like this set: http://www.inwallstore.com/jac6a.html For surround, we have these kits here we recommend: ...
Whole house audio starter suggestions
Doug, The Receiver you mention is really made for surround sound applications. The "channels" it has are for the decoded section from movies to be played back at the given positions of a home theater. The more practical set up for you might be a set ...
Top in-wall speaker and wiring recommendations
Jeffrey, It's good practice to keep them about 1 foot away and when you have to go by them, cross at a 90 degree angle. They do NOT go in the same gang box as 110v. You can mount the low voltage ring or box across the stud bay. Jeffrey G Pittell ...
Pre-wired for in-ceiling speakers
Nick, You could use a blank cover plate. Push the wires all the way up in, you'll be able to find the wires because you`ll be cutting a large hole to accommodate the speaker later anyway. Even if you`re going to use an on the wall type speaker, you ...
Attention to Detail: The InwallTech Advantage
Attention to detail was my favorite judging criteria when I was a young installation judge for IASCA or the International Auto Sound Challenge Association. This was the beginning of the Car Audio boom back in the late 80's. I myself had a 'Hooptie.' ...