cliftonite
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We are building a new home and are going to meet the low voltage company in a few days. I am basically going to get the first floor wired with the company as we took an optional conduit from the attic to the basement and I will use that to wire whatever I need on the second floor later. This is the layout of our first floor: https://imgur.com/a/HgCdL I wanted to get speakers for the family room (which is where we will be watching tv/movies). If I go with a 7.1 setup should I get the wired so I can place them on the ground (I have paradigm monitors and will upgrade next year) or should I get wall mountable speakers?
I will mount the tv over the fireplace (we never use it) with a mantle mount. So 2 front floor speakers, a sub, center channel, and 2 rear floor speakers. Where should the other 2 spears go? On the sides of the room? Or in the rear wall mounted? We are also planning on adding 2 access points (Ubiquiti) as well as some ceiling speakers. The speakers would go in the kitchen(2) over the island and 2 in the living room which we will use as a study/office. Both of these will be run into the basement where I will use sonos connect amps to power them. I do not want to deal with getting wall volume controls (and it costs $200) and the Sonos will be liked by my wife.
For the TV they are offering Vanco POE HDMI/CAT5e Converter with IR. Instead of this I want to ask them to run flexible conduit from above the fireplace to the basement. This way I can wire the tv with whatever I want after closing. Is there some kind of box/receptacle I should get on the family room end to run the cable(something like this: http://www.aifittings.com/landing/tv-bridge-kits/) ? Am I missing anything else?
Considering the cost of cabling, I am also thinking about having blue smurf conduit run into each of the bedroom to run cables later.
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I will mount the tv over the fireplace (we never use it) with a mantle mount. So 2 front floor speakers, a sub, center channel, and 2 rear floor speakers. Where should the other 2 spears go? On the sides of the room? Or in the rear wall mounted? We are also planning on adding 2 access points (Ubiquiti) as well as some ceiling speakers. The speakers would go in the kitchen(2) over the island and 2 in the living room which we will use as a study/office. Both of these will be run into the basement where I will use sonos connect amps to power them. I do not want to deal with getting wall volume controls (and it costs $200) and the Sonos will be liked by my wife.
For the TV they are offering Vanco POE HDMI/CAT5e Converter with IR. Instead of this I want to ask them to run flexible conduit from above the fireplace to the basement. This way I can wire the tv with whatever I want after closing. Is there some kind of box/receptacle I should get on the family room end to run the cable(something like this: http://www.aifittings.com/landing/tv-bridge-kits/) ? Am I missing anything else?
Considering the cost of cabling, I am also thinking about having blue smurf conduit run into each of the bedroom to run cables later.
Moved from OT.
admin allisolm
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