The forum is titled home theater, but I'm looking at a WHA system.
Until now I've been running a poor-mans audio system with a collection of recievers, speaker switches, etc. no in-wall speakers at the moment. About six rooms of wired, free-standing speakers. With some headroom, an eight zone system would be great.
Desire is to use iOS devices for control and no in-wall keypads.
I also have an Elk M1G system for security now, and some automation in the future. Don't have it yet, but the eKeypad app look good... Plus it can control the Russound devices..
So I'm looking at Russound systems, including the new MCA-88/88X devices.. Any opinions??
For sources I'm looking at either the Russound DMS-3.1 or a Casatunes streamer. Looks like the DMS would integrate better..
Integration and ease-of-use is critical.. My wife ( and I) need something easy to use...
I'd like to stream from Internet radio sites and a new DLNA server (leaning toward a QNAP NAS device).
Rackmount devices are highly desired... I have a 42u rack in my workshop waiting for my time..... It will also house the NAS, UPS, network switch, some future servers, and perhaps a future home theater setup.
Anyway, any thoughts on Russound devices either with Russound sources and/or Casatunes devices.
Looking at the literature, the DMS-3.1 is more a built-for-purpose device rather than just a PC motherboard with some audio cards...
The MCA-88x will have streaming. but it this only one channel?? Plus it looks like they dropped the AM/FM radio from the new one. This would be picked up in the DMS-3.1.
My budget is a bit vague at the moment.....
My education and experiance is electrical/computer engineering and I'll attempt anything in this area.. At the moment I'm working for the largest network equipment supplier in the world and developing network security devices.. So a Snort instance is in my future home network,,.,
Any thoughts and recommendations are welcome..
Ecb
Until now I've been running a poor-mans audio system with a collection of recievers, speaker switches, etc. no in-wall speakers at the moment. About six rooms of wired, free-standing speakers. With some headroom, an eight zone system would be great.
Desire is to use iOS devices for control and no in-wall keypads.
I also have an Elk M1G system for security now, and some automation in the future. Don't have it yet, but the eKeypad app look good... Plus it can control the Russound devices..
So I'm looking at Russound systems, including the new MCA-88/88X devices.. Any opinions??
For sources I'm looking at either the Russound DMS-3.1 or a Casatunes streamer. Looks like the DMS would integrate better..
Integration and ease-of-use is critical.. My wife ( and I) need something easy to use...
I'd like to stream from Internet radio sites and a new DLNA server (leaning toward a QNAP NAS device).
Rackmount devices are highly desired... I have a 42u rack in my workshop waiting for my time..... It will also house the NAS, UPS, network switch, some future servers, and perhaps a future home theater setup.
Anyway, any thoughts on Russound devices either with Russound sources and/or Casatunes devices.
Looking at the literature, the DMS-3.1 is more a built-for-purpose device rather than just a PC motherboard with some audio cards...
The MCA-88x will have streaming. but it this only one channel?? Plus it looks like they dropped the AM/FM radio from the new one. This would be picked up in the DMS-3.1.
My budget is a bit vague at the moment.....
My education and experiance is electrical/computer engineering and I'll attempt anything in this area.. At the moment I'm working for the largest network equipment supplier in the world and developing network security devices.. So a Snort instance is in my future home network,,.,
Any thoughts and recommendations are welcome..
Ecb