We have a currently unfinished (roughed in) basement that we plan on finishing in the next year or two. I'd like to get some a "whole" home audio setup going. Here is my current plan, and I was hoping to get some advice on whether this was generally a good idea, and potentially some advice on specifics.
Green - in ceiling speakers (stereo, right? or mono?)
Blue - L, R and C speaker for tv
Yellow - outdoor wall mounted speakers (under covered patio)
Red - my current networking cabinet
My current plan is to put as many of the wiim amps and wiim streamers as possible in the office with the networking gear. The ceilings are 9 ft, am leaning towards some sort of drop ceiling if that makes a difference. Speakers (other than obvious TV audio) will be for music when entertaining or piping sports audio to the other zones.
I'm planning on 4 zones:
TV Zone: the L,R,C speakers (and a floor sub) plus two in ceiling. I know in-ceiling is not recommended for surround, but the floor is concrete, and I don't see a reasonable way of getting speaker wire to stands behind the sofa. Is wireless an option? I'll have an avr at the tv and a wiim pro. Not sure if the wiim pro needs to be at the tv or if it can be in the office.
Bar zone: 2 in-ceiling speakers plus a wiim amp in the office
Pool zone: 2 in-ceiling speakers plus a wiim amp in the office (EDIT: should be in the same zone as bar maybe? I presume I'd need 8 ohm speakers then?)
Outdoor zone: 2 wall mounted speakers plus a wiim amp in the office
Potential others: There is a TV on the patio wall outside, might hook that into the outdoor zone's wiim amp as an input - imagine it would need to be near the TV in that case. We're also looking at doing a home theater in the unfinished storage space, but don't imagine I'll hook that into the wiim system.
Anything you'd do differently? It's all unfinished, so I have a lot of options with running both speaker and networking cable right now.
Green - in ceiling speakers (stereo, right? or mono?)
Blue - L, R and C speaker for tv
Yellow - outdoor wall mounted speakers (under covered patio)
Red - my current networking cabinet
My current plan is to put as many of the wiim amps and wiim streamers as possible in the office with the networking gear. The ceilings are 9 ft, am leaning towards some sort of drop ceiling if that makes a difference. Speakers (other than obvious TV audio) will be for music when entertaining or piping sports audio to the other zones.
I'm planning on 4 zones:
TV Zone: the L,R,C speakers (and a floor sub) plus two in ceiling. I know in-ceiling is not recommended for surround, but the floor is concrete, and I don't see a reasonable way of getting speaker wire to stands behind the sofa. Is wireless an option? I'll have an avr at the tv and a wiim pro. Not sure if the wiim pro needs to be at the tv or if it can be in the office.
Bar zone: 2 in-ceiling speakers plus a wiim amp in the office
Pool zone: 2 in-ceiling speakers plus a wiim amp in the office (EDIT: should be in the same zone as bar maybe? I presume I'd need 8 ohm speakers then?)
Outdoor zone: 2 wall mounted speakers plus a wiim amp in the office
Potential others: There is a TV on the patio wall outside, might hook that into the outdoor zone's wiim amp as an input - imagine it would need to be near the TV in that case. We're also looking at doing a home theater in the unfinished storage space, but don't imagine I'll hook that into the wiim system.
Anything you'd do differently? It's all unfinished, so I have a lot of options with running both speaker and networking cable right now.
