upstatemike
Senior Member
I get the feeling from some other threads that tablet PC or PDA based controls for whole house audio are pretty popular. In thinking about it, it seems to me if you are going to carry something like that around with you, you might as well take it to the next level and do a whole house audio setup based on iPods.
I'm thinking of getting an iPod for each family member and a couple of spares for when I want to show off the system to guests. I figure this type of system would have the following benefits:
*Hand held LCD display of track and artist info just like on a PDA or touch screen system.
*Much less expensive than multi-zone amps and in-wall speakers.
*Each iPod or "zone" can play a different music program.
*Your music selection will automatically follow you from room to room without elaborate programming of a Home Automation system.
*You can access your music library remotely when you are at work or traveling without any firewall issues.
*The system is easily extended to backyard and patio locations.
*Does not require extensive surge protection or extrenal UPS equipment.
*You can easily add additional zones at any time with no maximum limit.
Fact is, this approach has just about every feature you would want in a whole house audio system with no real down side that I can see.
I'm thinking of getting an iPod for each family member and a couple of spares for when I want to show off the system to guests. I figure this type of system would have the following benefits:
*Hand held LCD display of track and artist info just like on a PDA or touch screen system.
*Much less expensive than multi-zone amps and in-wall speakers.
*Each iPod or "zone" can play a different music program.
*Your music selection will automatically follow you from room to room without elaborate programming of a Home Automation system.
*You can access your music library remotely when you are at work or traveling without any firewall issues.
*The system is easily extended to backyard and patio locations.
*Does not require extensive surge protection or extrenal UPS equipment.
*You can easily add additional zones at any time with no maximum limit.
Fact is, this approach has just about every feature you would want in a whole house audio system with no real down side that I can see.