Hi guys, (mods sorry if wrong room - couldnt find a area that excatly fits, feel free to move if needs must).
Ive been researching installing whole house audio, including our summer house that has good wifi coverage.
I have a 3 storey town house, downstairs i have my ageing but FANTASTIC technics seperates hifi (oldschool).
In our bedroom on the 1st floor, i have my newer 5.1 technics seperates (not as good as my old school one but ok).
Then in the living room on the first floor i have my onkyo (509) av reciever connected to some very nice Kef 5.1.
I also have a mini hifi by panasonic that is plumbed in during in the summer to the summer house.
In the garage i have another identical system to the summer house.
Kitchen is covered by my old school system (thats also connected to the downstairs mini mac / server).
What im after is a system that will allow me to stream and control from mobile devices / laptops and a centre unit (thinking av reciever maybe the best here).
I want to be able to use it in zones so if were just sitting in the living room it wont be streaming to other devices.
And most of all they MUST be in sync.
They must also be able to stream google music (deal breaker)
Now I did initally i did look at replacing everything with sonos, but they use "D" class amps, i dont want to be replacing my "A" class with "D" that would be a waste especially when not streaming. Also sonos is using its own network, which is good and bad, it means that if they dont support a service within thier app your out of luck (looking at google music). - What will happen if they go bust, you end up with 2-3k worth of door stoppers. Its also too damn expensive to get what i want. But the mesh network is supposed to be the best with audio dropouts.
Ive then looked at rocki, which showed signs of promise, it uses your wifi so could suffer with dropouts (but i have a very good router so this shouldnt be an issue). Again they dont currently support google music (but promised it will be coming). Big problem they dont sync across the network, deal broken..... But they have again promised this is in the pipe line, so they are reasonable price, and connect straight to existing equipment. Another bonus is they have built in batteries and can create a mobile wifi hotspot so can be used out and about....
Now Beep, looks really promising, it another kickstarter like rocki but it already syncs, the units are slightly more expensive and look very retro.
They can also remotely control your device. It intergrates with your apps like chromecast so will be compatible with most if not all apps from the getgo.
BUT there is no aux in so you cannot stream say from your cd player from the looks of it...
Now am i barking up the wrong tree - are there better ways / means (i dont want to run av cables around the house, the wife would kill me as i only done it a few years back with cat 5).
Has anyone set up a whole house setup? which way did you go about it, or do you have any better ideas.
Ive also tried and failed trying video sender units, the break up was awlful, having ac router distroyed the signal and it broke up.
cheers for any pointers, its a mine field of information and miss information.
Ive been researching installing whole house audio, including our summer house that has good wifi coverage.
I have a 3 storey town house, downstairs i have my ageing but FANTASTIC technics seperates hifi (oldschool).
In our bedroom on the 1st floor, i have my newer 5.1 technics seperates (not as good as my old school one but ok).
Then in the living room on the first floor i have my onkyo (509) av reciever connected to some very nice Kef 5.1.
I also have a mini hifi by panasonic that is plumbed in during in the summer to the summer house.
In the garage i have another identical system to the summer house.
Kitchen is covered by my old school system (thats also connected to the downstairs mini mac / server).
What im after is a system that will allow me to stream and control from mobile devices / laptops and a centre unit (thinking av reciever maybe the best here).
I want to be able to use it in zones so if were just sitting in the living room it wont be streaming to other devices.
And most of all they MUST be in sync.
They must also be able to stream google music (deal breaker)
Now I did initally i did look at replacing everything with sonos, but they use "D" class amps, i dont want to be replacing my "A" class with "D" that would be a waste especially when not streaming. Also sonos is using its own network, which is good and bad, it means that if they dont support a service within thier app your out of luck (looking at google music). - What will happen if they go bust, you end up with 2-3k worth of door stoppers. Its also too damn expensive to get what i want. But the mesh network is supposed to be the best with audio dropouts.
Ive then looked at rocki, which showed signs of promise, it uses your wifi so could suffer with dropouts (but i have a very good router so this shouldnt be an issue). Again they dont currently support google music (but promised it will be coming). Big problem they dont sync across the network, deal broken..... But they have again promised this is in the pipe line, so they are reasonable price, and connect straight to existing equipment. Another bonus is they have built in batteries and can create a mobile wifi hotspot so can be used out and about....
Now Beep, looks really promising, it another kickstarter like rocki but it already syncs, the units are slightly more expensive and look very retro.
They can also remotely control your device. It intergrates with your apps like chromecast so will be compatible with most if not all apps from the getgo.
BUT there is no aux in so you cannot stream say from your cd player from the looks of it...
Now am i barking up the wrong tree - are there better ways / means (i dont want to run av cables around the house, the wife would kill me as i only done it a few years back with cat 5).
Has anyone set up a whole house setup? which way did you go about it, or do you have any better ideas.
Ive also tried and failed trying video sender units, the break up was awlful, having ac router distroyed the signal and it broke up.
cheers for any pointers, its a mine field of information and miss information.