Threadhead
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I have some time off over the holidays and I've been thinking about starting some whole house audio projects, but I'm not sure about some of the cabling/connections.
For an amp I would like to use my old Yamaha receiver/amplifier. If I remember it's 75w per channel, two channels (and Yamaha's power ratings are fairly conservative). I would like to power 6 or 8 rooms with audio. For now, I'm not too concerned about multiple-input (different audio in different rooms). For speakers I'm going to use 8" in-ceiling wired with 14g shielded wire.
Q1) Can I wire the speakers to the amp directly, or do I need an impedance matching selector?
Q2) What would the speaker connections be (parallel or serial)?
For input, I will be using my HS PC running iTunes. I really don't care to have any other input at this time.
Q3) The HS PC is about 60ft from the amplifier. Can I run the audio out from the sound card to the input of the amp this distance? what wire should I use?
It might be really nice to have an output selector that could be controlled via HS, rather than manual knobs/switches.
Q4) Ar there any reasonably priced controlled output selectors? how much? where to buy?
TIA
For an amp I would like to use my old Yamaha receiver/amplifier. If I remember it's 75w per channel, two channels (and Yamaha's power ratings are fairly conservative). I would like to power 6 or 8 rooms with audio. For now, I'm not too concerned about multiple-input (different audio in different rooms). For speakers I'm going to use 8" in-ceiling wired with 14g shielded wire.
Q1) Can I wire the speakers to the amp directly, or do I need an impedance matching selector?
Q2) What would the speaker connections be (parallel or serial)?
For input, I will be using my HS PC running iTunes. I really don't care to have any other input at this time.
Q3) The HS PC is about 60ft from the amplifier. Can I run the audio out from the sound card to the input of the amp this distance? what wire should I use?
It might be really nice to have an output selector that could be controlled via HS, rather than manual knobs/switches.
Q4) Ar there any reasonably priced controlled output selectors? how much? where to buy?
TIA