home audio system

[lozina]

I'm looking for some recommendations on a home audio system..

What I'd like is a receiver which can hanlde up to 3 "zones" (three pairs of speakers which can all be powered together or by zone). I'd also like is to install wall panels on remote locations from which you can change volume/input source (cd/fm/am) etc...

would this be very expensive?

 

[EvilYoda]

Doesn't have to be very expensive, but depending on what you want to accomplish exactly and nice you want it to be, it could easily jump a couple of thousand. Just go to a hifi store around you, they'll probably show you some Niles or Speakercraft pieces. 3-zones is not typically found in mainstream receivers, just so you know...most of the nice ones these days come with 7 channels of amplification and processing, so you can do 5.1 in the theater and 2 left over for zone 2...now you can take that signal and put it through a speaker selector, which will split the signal (while impedance matching) to x zones. The panels in individual rooms are only 100-200 each, depending on how fancy you want, so that shouldn't be a big deal.

Just take yourself to a local hifi store, that's their job, tell them what you need.

 

[WarDemon666]

www.creativesound.ca for your speakers.

www.ecost.com for your receiver

No idea about the zones though

 

[T2T III]

I'd also like is to install wall panels on remote locations from which you can change volume/input source (cd/fm/am) etc...

One particular receiver comes to mind with regards to utilizing this feature. Some of the receivers from Harman/Kardon have the A-Bus system. A-Bus is essentially a network connector on the back of the receiver where you can plug in a Cat-5 cable. The cables can then run to the pads on the walls where you'd control the receiver from another room.

Of course, having these features are "nice to haves" but they can be costly, too.

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

I'd also like is to install wall panels on remote locations from which you can change volume/input source (cd/fm/am) etc...

One particular receiver comes to mind with regards to utilizing this feature. Some of the receivers from Harman/Kardon have the A-Bus system. A-Bus is essentially a network connector on the back of the receiver where you can plug in a Cat-5 cable. The cables can then run to the pads on the walls where you'd control the receiver from another room.

Of course, having these features are "nice to haves" but they can be costly, too.

Wow that would be perfect... not just because I have tons of cat 5 cable laying around but I already have spare cat 5 cable going to where the receiver would be