I have most of the speakers installed with all the wire home run, my plan is eventually for a PC with a string of sound cards to send output to a big stack of receivers for amplification and control via phone/computer interface. I have had a bunch of other stuff going on so i didn't get nearly as much done as i wanted over the winter and I wont be moving forward much over the summer. anyway to the questions.
for now im just going to run a line from my main pc to a couple receivers that I have, how much can i split the signal(its just a 3.5mm jack) before I have a problem with low levels?
can I just use a 15watt amp or something to boost the signal before i split it? or is there some other cheap way to do it that someone can recomend?
secondly I have a pair of in-wall speakers on the way from monoprice(same as everything else in the house, i cant recomend them enough) that i want to put in the garage so i can play music when im playing basketball or whatever in the drive. it would be much easier to install them in the back wall of the garage, im just worried i might get some kind of echo effect when im listening in the drive, anyone have any thoughs on that?
Lastly, I still need a few more amps/receivers to power everything the speakers are all 60rms so i would like something that is rated for at least 80rms, im guessing i will have to do some kind of IR control to power the amps on and off but if i could avoid that it would be nice. Since i need a few im looking in the $100ea area, anyone seen anything that might fit the bill?
Thanks for the help
for now im just going to run a line from my main pc to a couple receivers that I have, how much can i split the signal(its just a 3.5mm jack) before I have a problem with low levels?
can I just use a 15watt amp or something to boost the signal before i split it? or is there some other cheap way to do it that someone can recomend?
secondly I have a pair of in-wall speakers on the way from monoprice(same as everything else in the house, i cant recomend them enough) that i want to put in the garage so i can play music when im playing basketball or whatever in the drive. it would be much easier to install them in the back wall of the garage, im just worried i might get some kind of echo effect when im listening in the drive, anyone have any thoughs on that?
Lastly, I still need a few more amps/receivers to power everything the speakers are all 60rms so i would like something that is rated for at least 80rms, im guessing i will have to do some kind of IR control to power the amps on and off but if i could avoid that it would be nice. Since i need a few im looking in the $100ea area, anyone seen anything that might fit the bill?
Thanks for the help