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Get the most out of your Whole-House Audio System with Multiple Zones and Touch-Screen controls. Want to listen to your iPod throughout your home? Want to listen to music on your deck or around your pool? Would you like to listen to your favorite TV show in the bathroom while you get ready for work in the morning? All of this and more is available to you with a properly designed and installed Whole-House Audio System. We can help you by designing a system that complements your lifestyle. From a single zone system with Volume controls to a multiple zone system with color touch screens, we will work with you to design a system that fits your needs and budget. Call or email today us for a free quote! Read on for more details on the different types of systems: Whole house audio systems are systems that distribute sound to some or all rooms in your home. You can either distribute the sound through speakers mounted in the walls or ceilings, or to jacks on the wall which allow you to connect your own speakers. When you design a whole house audio system, you need to think about how many zones you want to use in the house. In a single zone system, the whole house must listen to the same source (CD, Tape, FM/XM radio, or iPod). In a multiple zone system, you could be listening to the CD player in one area of the house, and the iPod or Tuner in another part of the house.
There Are Basically Three Types of Systems: Basic Audio Distribution System With A Single Zone In this system, you would typically use your existing amplifier or receiver and connect the house system to the “B” outputs. This assumes that you have a powerful receiver that can drive the whole house system. If not, we would add a separate amplifier. Then you would put speakers and volume controls in each room. If you attach multiple pairs of speakers to your amplifier, you run the risk of overloading and damaging your amplifier. So, we install “Impedance matching” volume controls to compensate for the multiple pairs of speakers, and present a safe 8-ohm load to your amplifier. We use our own in-wall speakers (WS-006, WS-R800 or WS-SQ800) and an impedance matching volume control from companies like Russound, Niles Audio, or Elan. Keep in mind that every room in the house has to listen to the same source. Typical cost is around $650.00 per room installed. If you want to be able to turn off the sound to some parts of the house, then you would add a speaker selector box to this system. This product is made by either Russound or Niles Audio, and will add around $200.00 to the project.
Basic Audio Distribution System With a Single Zone & Infrared Control (IR) If you want to be able to control the CD player, Tape Deck, and VCR from any room in the house, you can add an Infrared (IR) repeater system. This system adds an IR receiver in each room, which picks up the IR signals from your remote control and converts them into electrical pulses. The electrical pulses are sent over wiring to your main stereo cabinet, where they are turned back into IR and injected into the component that you want to control. So, from the bedroom, you can change to the next song on the CD player that is located in the living room! We use products from companies like Xantech and Elan to accomplish this task. This option will add about $300.00 per room to the audio system above.
Distributed System With Multiple Zones and Control If you want to be able to simultaneously listen to the CD player in one part of the house, and the tuner in another part of the house, then you need a multiple zone system. With this type of system, you will connect all of your sources to a central control unit. This control unit will distribute your CD, Tuner, VCR, Etc. to a multiple channel amplifier that will feed speakers in every room in your house. In each room, instead of a volume control, you will have a keypad or touch screen. This keypad or touch screen will have buttons that allow you to control all of the components in the system.
You can select which source you want to listen to (Tape, CD, VCR), control the function (Play-Stop-Next Track), adjust the volume, bass and treble, or turn the system off. Since a keypad or touch screen is mounted in each room, you don’t have to worry about where you left the remote control! At ADI, we proudly install systems from Elan, AMX, Control4 and Netstreams. Some of the features of this system include:
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