I keep flip flopping all over the place. I am finishing up a new house construction and have wired for whole house audio. I am implementing hs3 and elk m1 gold so far. I need to choose the best system that will integrate nicely. I am interested in controlling everything via Web interface and have a decent sound (not audiophile level sound). Any opinions to share?
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Originally posted by Rizonbean View PostI keep flip flopping all over the place. I am finishing up a new house construction and have wired for whole house audio. I am implementing hs3 and elk m1 gold so far. I need to choose the best system that will integrate nicely. I am interested in controlling everything via Web interface and have a decent sound (not audiophile level sound). Any opinions to share?
Sounds like your house project is at the same stage as my brothers house that I'm doing the wiring in, He can't decide either. LOL
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Originally posted by lhfarm View PostNot wanting to hijack the thread, but what Sonos equipment would be needed for a whole house 4 zone system with home run wiring?
Thanks,
Barry
Terry
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Not looking for argument to break out here but would like to know the answer to this( Sonos vs Russound) for my second home which I'll have to put whole house audio into. So the question is, Is Sonos lacking compared to Russound?
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baby steps...starting again with HS3
HS3Pro: Z-NET & 80 Z wave Devices,
HSTouch: 4 Joggler (Android Kitkat), 2 iPhone, 3 iPads
Whole House Audio: 5 SqueezePlay Jogglers w Bose Speakers
In The Works: 10 Cameras Geovision, new Adecmo/Envisalink Alarm, Arduinos
System: XP on Fanless Mini-ITX w/ SSD
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100% Sonos.
I would not waste time or money wiring anything.
I have 5 zones; 3 with Sonos Play:1, and 2 with a Sonos Playbar, sub, and 2 Play:3.
They crank all the way up with no distortion, and the bass is outstanding.
I use the Sonos plugin for HS3 to redirect speech.
I have had no issues at all, and love the cable free setup.
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I am partial to Russound since that is what I installed a couple years ago. 6 Zones including the speakers and the key pads was under 1000 bucks and a no brainer.
The house was already pre-wired though when I moved in so it made it easy, and I am one as well that if it's wireless, I don't want it.
I have considered a Sonos connect to tie into my Russound on a source, but mainly because I am curious what it has to offer that I can't already do, and if it does do it better. So I keep looking on eBay for a cheap used one.
I also use Squeezebox for streaming audio for Pandora and Spotify, as well as my local collection on my NAS. I run the server software on my HS machine and I use Raspberry Pi's for the Slim Lite Client connected to my Russound unit. I use 2 as my thought was you need one per person that lives in the house, my Wife and I, so we don't have to listen to the same thing at the same time if we don't want. You can also build one out and put it in a location that doesn't have wired speakers back to the russound unit, like the garage, and plug it into your own set of speakers. Very easily expandable.
The other thing I like about Russound and the keypads, is you can use them as an interface into HS. I can control my music from them without having to worry about pulling out a phone. I also can control the display. Also now that I have BLSpeech working OK, it is nice having the house "talk" vs coming from an HSTouch tablet.
My system is all interfaced with HSTouch and I don't get complaints from the wife, so it must be ok.
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Originally posted by MrMxyzptlk View Post...as far as the no wireless system...if you have a good network infrastructure, you will not have issues.
I use pfSense router / firewall, Netgear POE switches, and Ubiquity AC-Pro access points.
Let me know if you want details.
As a side note... if you do have the walls open... Run Cat 6 until you put a factory out of supply. You won't regret it and won't have to worry about future expansion.
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Playing music from a single source to every zone in the house at the same time through my monoprice amp (probably true for any hard wired system such as Rusound) I am garunteed that all my music will be in phase as I walk around the house, curious if this is true when using other options such as Sonos.
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