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Welp, I pulled the trigger on a whole house audio system. I ordered the Nuvo Essentia system with the Music Port from SetNet last week. They were able to ship the amp and keypads right away, but I won't get the Music Port till tomorrow (I think).
Nothing like unpacking a new toy
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I did pretty exhaustive research on which system to go with, and below are some random thoughts:
- The keypads on the EG6 look really nice. They are also monkey simple to mount and install.
- I'm not a fan of the Allport design or it's use. The Allport is Nuvo's way of collecting the keypad and speaker connections in one place. It sounds good in theory, expect it's in the form of a two-gang wallplate. It makes it pretty hard to mount into a rack. I had to fabricate a wood bracket that holds it in the rack.
- I felt like an idiot when I first mounted the amp. I screwed it in and though, crap my rack must be some type of non-standard design. However, I found out the mounting holes on the rack are not spaced evenly, even though it looked like it to me. I just moved the amp down a couple spaces and the holes lined up fine.
Head scratching moment
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- I'm struggling a bit with what to do with the rack. To have any type of access to the back the rack has to sit out from the wall a good bit. However, I obviously won't always need to fiddle in the back of things, so I'd like to somehow move it between the two positions (like a much more expensive sliding rack...you get what you pay for I guess). The problem is the rack is pretty unstable right now, and I don't have that much in it. I was going to bolt it down to the floor, but that kills any hope of being able to move it. So I can either bolt it down where I have access to the back and it sticks out into the room like a sore thumb, secure it against the wall and hope I don't have to mess with any wiring after my initial setup, or find some alternative way of keeping it stable other than bolting it to the floor.
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Nothing like unpacking a new toy
//
I did pretty exhaustive research on which system to go with, and below are some random thoughts:
- The keypads on the EG6 look really nice. They are also monkey simple to mount and install.
- I'm not a fan of the Allport design or it's use. The Allport is Nuvo's way of collecting the keypad and speaker connections in one place. It sounds good in theory, expect it's in the form of a two-gang wallplate. It makes it pretty hard to mount into a rack. I had to fabricate a wood bracket that holds it in the rack.
- I felt like an idiot when I first mounted the amp. I screwed it in and though, crap my rack must be some type of non-standard design. However, I found out the mounting holes on the rack are not spaced evenly, even though it looked like it to me. I just moved the amp down a couple spaces and the holes lined up fine.
Head scratching moment
//
- I'm struggling a bit with what to do with the rack. To have any type of access to the back the rack has to sit out from the wall a good bit. However, I obviously won't always need to fiddle in the back of things, so I'd like to somehow move it between the two positions (like a much more expensive sliding rack...you get what you pay for I guess). The problem is the rack is pretty unstable right now, and I don't have that much in it. I was going to bolt it down to the floor, but that kills any hope of being able to move it. So I can either bolt it down where I have access to the back and it sticks out into the room like a sore thumb, secure it against the wall and hope I don't have to mess with any wiring after my initial setup, or find some alternative way of keeping it stable other than bolting it to the floor.
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