My wife and I just plunked down the 5% required to get the builder going to start building our new house. I am in the process of putting together an order with Martin over at AO for the Elk system that will cover the house.
I am all squared away except for when it comes to speakers. I have arranged with the builder to get a full week in the schedule to run anything I want (in this case whole house audio, security, network, video, etc...). I was about to order a few ELK-73 and 74 when I came across the conversations about the ELK-SP12F. Since I have the luxury of putting single gangs anywhere I want and I like the idea of running 8 in parallel and still being within spec, I think I will go this route. Now, it is my understanding that the M1G has two outputs, one for sirens and one for voice announce, is that correct?
If so, what have others run the SP12F's for, voice, siren, both? Can you run 8 on each output? If not these for sirens, would you use the old school sirens mounted in the cold air returns or possibly some peizo screamers?
This to keep in mind: For example, I want a siren at or near the master bedroom, *but* I do not want announcements since my wife and I work different hours and getting a notification that the front door opened at 2AM would not be well received .
I am really just trying to come up with the best speaker setup for a alarm setup that will span nearly 3500sqft once the basement is finished (2700sqft otherwise) while staying within spec.
Thanks,
Jim
I am all squared away except for when it comes to speakers. I have arranged with the builder to get a full week in the schedule to run anything I want (in this case whole house audio, security, network, video, etc...). I was about to order a few ELK-73 and 74 when I came across the conversations about the ELK-SP12F. Since I have the luxury of putting single gangs anywhere I want and I like the idea of running 8 in parallel and still being within spec, I think I will go this route. Now, it is my understanding that the M1G has two outputs, one for sirens and one for voice announce, is that correct?
If so, what have others run the SP12F's for, voice, siren, both? Can you run 8 on each output? If not these for sirens, would you use the old school sirens mounted in the cold air returns or possibly some peizo screamers?
This to keep in mind: For example, I want a siren at or near the master bedroom, *but* I do not want announcements since my wife and I work different hours and getting a notification that the front door opened at 2AM would not be well received .
I am really just trying to come up with the best speaker setup for a alarm setup that will span nearly 3500sqft once the basement is finished (2700sqft otherwise) while staying within spec.
Thanks,
Jim