Music in the room

[BURTON]

Redoing the house instead of moving.

So was wondering what the options were of have different music or the same in the different rooms around the house?

Was thinking something like Sonos but wondering what everyone was thinking to this or if there are any others

Thanks

[CarMad]

It depends on how much you want to spend and how many rooms I guess.

Logitech are doing a few higher end devices, it seems they are liked (have bought) squeezebox

dabs.com - Logitech Squeezebox Duet (930-000034)

[Biscuits]

Sonos is very good and takes little of no installation.

If you have the chance to run two cables into each room you want to have music in, then if you run a CAT5 to a switch location (network/control) and a 1604 (stereo speaker) into the ceiling, then there are a lot of options for multi-room audio.

I had Living Control at the last house Living Control : Welcome It is pretty high end money wise, but sounds and looks great.

In the current house I have a Speakcraft MODE system Speakercraft

Speakercraft is much more affordable and uses iPod 'docks' to connect to the system, so you can share your iTunes with any room. You also feed a DAB Radio tuner, SKYHD, AppleTV and anyother 'source' into it and it works as a Matrix switching the music and video (only composite built-in). We have an iPod dock in the study and the guest bedroom, so when people come to stay they can listen to their own music.

I would like to add that I don't sell these products, just work in the industry, so know a fair bit about them.

HTH if you want to know more.

[tom_hargreaves]

I have Sonos at home, it's quality. But looking at that Living Control system, I think i'm going to invest.

[Biscuits]

I have Sonos at home, it's quality. But looking at that Living Control system, I think i'm going to invest.

Shame your not closer, we have both systems in our training rooms. PM me if you want some advice.

[Jez]

Another couple to look at if your going to run cat5, both are more expensive than than the sonos but they are fully built in and allow up to six of your existing sources to be played back in up to six different locations. I have the Russound cav6.6 and love it but the Nuvo gets good reviews too.

Russound Distributed Audio-Video and Multiroom Entertainment Systems

NuVo Customer Support

[Biscuits]

I have a few dealers that use the NuVo and rate it. No experience with Russound.

Te important thing to remember is that 90% of the systems use the same cable topology, so running a speaker pair and a cat5 to each room from a "hub" or "head-end" will mean you can pick and choose the system at any time.

I used my loft as the "head-end", but this time of year means my SkyHD box and AV amp are VERY toasty when on.

[BURTON]

Don't really want to have cat5e everywhere.. I am thinking of Sonos Does seem to be good also with the bonus of some new products out now. Fits well with budget also.

[Biscuits]

Sonos is a great bit of kit, but the margins are tight, so "special deals" are very difficult to find. (otherwise I'd have probably gone for it too!)

[BURTON]

Sonos is a great bit of kit, but the margins are tight, so "special deals" are very difficult to find. (otherwise I'd have probably gone for it too!)

Indeed which is why i was slapped by my mate who is a dealer for Sonos, so deals here we come.