english_1969
Active Member
Hello,
I am getting ready to do a fairly large rennovation to my home. As part of this, I am going to install a whole-house system.
So far, it seems like either the Russound CAV6 or CAM6 are the best choices. However, deciding between these hasn't been easy. I have a couple of thoughts and questions that perhaps someone can help me with.
1) If I am not going to be using video, why would I chose the CAV?
2) The CAM has a tuner (XM or AM/FM)...this seems valuable. Is it not?
3) I am going to have 12 zones so I am planning on getting 2 of these. Are there any differences in the CAM and CAV in a linked system? I gathered you could interchange them if desired.
4) the CAV has 4 ABUS ports. Does this mean I can have 4 more zones with diminished functionality? (i.e. not UNO keypads, but a source and volume selector). I would guess I would need additional amplification for these zones?!?
5) When linking any of these together, how seemless is it (if possible) to select sources across the units. I am assuming that if you link 2 of these together, you now have 12 sources that can be seemlessly selected from any of the 12 zones.
6) If I were to get a CAM6.6 with the AM/FM tuner and a CAM6.6 with an XM tuner and link them, I assume that all tuners would be functional as souces, meaning, I would have 2 sources (AM/FM,XM) available to any of the 12 zones.
I think that's about it.
Thanks for any help and advice.
I am getting ready to do a fairly large rennovation to my home. As part of this, I am going to install a whole-house system.
So far, it seems like either the Russound CAV6 or CAM6 are the best choices. However, deciding between these hasn't been easy. I have a couple of thoughts and questions that perhaps someone can help me with.
1) If I am not going to be using video, why would I chose the CAV?
2) The CAM has a tuner (XM or AM/FM)...this seems valuable. Is it not?
3) I am going to have 12 zones so I am planning on getting 2 of these. Are there any differences in the CAM and CAV in a linked system? I gathered you could interchange them if desired.
4) the CAV has 4 ABUS ports. Does this mean I can have 4 more zones with diminished functionality? (i.e. not UNO keypads, but a source and volume selector). I would guess I would need additional amplification for these zones?!?
5) When linking any of these together, how seemless is it (if possible) to select sources across the units. I am assuming that if you link 2 of these together, you now have 12 sources that can be seemlessly selected from any of the 12 zones.
6) If I were to get a CAM6.6 with the AM/FM tuner and a CAM6.6 with an XM tuner and link them, I assume that all tuners would be functional as souces, meaning, I would have 2 sources (AM/FM,XM) available to any of the 12 zones.
I think that's about it.
Thanks for any help and advice.