HELP!!! Home Audio Set up

[lastchild01]

how to use your existing speakers in a wireless home audio set up. For example i have some great old speakers with great sound. They need an amp I believe to work. So how do i integrate these into the set up, like I have 6 some two on the first floor, two on the second floor and two on the third floor (basement, where the audio studio will be). Is there some way to do this? LIke some type of adapter system through the wall outlets in your house or using your telephone lines or cable lines??

[lastchild01]

I do have a wireless network also

[lastchild01]

things i want:

connect

1. tape deck
2. cd
3. ---> 2 and 4 can be together like this (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/intershop.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=VGPXL1B2&Dept=tvvideo&CategoryName=tv_DigitalLivingSystem):
4. some type of wirless system to connect to my tv and audio system and pc
5. being able to existing audio speakers
6. adding some bluetooth, or rf, speakers in bedrooms or upstairs.
7. lastly adding a nice big sub in the basement

[sonick]

You'll have to pull some speaker wire through the wall from an amp to all three sets of speakers

[lastchild01]

yea well i am trying to do this without like smashing up my wall

[lastchild01]

here look at this (http://www.shopping.com/xPF-Netgear_20740790)

[shadow_cruiser]

Do you have carpet?. If so, your in huge luck. I ran my wires under the carpet, under the drywall and pulled it through with a coat hanger, worked like a charm. Wireless setups are very costly, I wouldn't invest in them

[jande9]

You can get small wireless audio FM transmitters that are used with MP3 players, that broadcast a signal to an FM radio. They plug into the headphone jack.

Receivers are cheap these days, like 5 bucks at rummage sales. I bought an old Sony receiver for a dollar. 40 watts a side and sounds great. That would pick up the FM signal and also power the speakers.

The main problems with this setup are range and fidelity. Range isn't great, maybe 1 room away, and fidelity is variable, with the sound changing as the reception varies.

We use one for the ipod, and it works OK.

[googoo]

"You'll have to pull some speaker wire through the wall from an amp to all three sets of speakers"

Make sure the speaker wire is "in wall" rated.If a fire happens and they determine it's the speaker wire that caused it, you won't win the claim.

Brent

[Carbo]

Definatly the wrong forum to ask. Use google to find a specialized home theatre/audio forum

[sonick]

yea well i am trying to do this without like smashing up my wallThen thats too bad. If you want the best audio quality (without going through a bunch of different conversions with fancy ethernet adaptors etc), thats what you'll have to do.

[D.NGUYEN]

Well, if money is not a huge huge issue. THere's something (not sure if it's still there) at futureshop called SONOS, basically, it's a reletively small amp, your speakers go into about 2, and you can connect like 3 or up to like twenty something of these things. It will power your speakers I believe 50watts per channel. Comes with this wireless control pod thingy (kinda like a video HD player with scroll wheel and you can play any song, control the volume of every speaker in your house, play something different on every floor and pick songs from you comp,internet radio..etc. Pretty neat. I believe it was 1500 for 2 of the amps.

[Jaytee]

You need this product by Sonos, but it aint cheap.

http://www.sonos.com/products/?tref=ghome

http://www.sonos.com/graphics/products/how_hero.jpg

CNet Has A Review:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Sonos_BU80_ZP80_bundle/4505-6739_7-31833037.html?tag=topprods

The good: The Sonos ZP80 bundle is sleekly designed, it's easy to set up, and its wireless, color-screen remote allows you to access your music from anywhere in the house. The Sonos system is also easily expandable (as many as 32 rooms) and Rhapsody compatible, and it now incorporates digital outputs (optical and coaxial), as well as audio inputs for streaming music from other sources. Lastly, you don't have to pay extra for a built-in amp that you likely don't need.

The bad: The Sonos system doesn't play copy-protected WMA or AAC files; the remote's rechargeable battery isn't removable.

The bottom line: With its ZP80 bundle, Sonos has done what fans of its highly regarded multiroom Digital Music System have requested all along: ditched the built-in amp of the ZP100, added digital audio outputs, and lowered the price.