Comments on: Another hair-brained idea!

By: Marbles_00

Marbles_00 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:37:20 +0000

Not a hair-brained idea in any way. I’ve done something very similar to what you want to do. Check out my site: mayhem.prod.googlepages.com if you get a chance. I currently have 4 zones up and running. I have the speakers for a fifth, but haven’t had the time to install them. I have a sixth zone wired, but no speakers yet (backyard). I’m using remote amps and ran speaker wire all over the house. System is controlled via PPC…pretty cool. Good luck to you.

By: justDIY

justDIY — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:24:27 +0000

Bill, the zigbee line of rf modems are for low bitrate serial packet data (like rs232, etc) .. there’s not nearly enough bandwidth to transmit 2 channels of CD quality sound.

there are other options if you want to go wireless, but most of them are analog, and in very crowded bands … I used to use a 2.4ghz video sender to beam 2 audio + 1 video channel across the house, but now with wifi everywhere, there is too much interference.

hard-wired is the way to go for audio

By: BeachBill

BeachBill — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:29:57 +0000

Just found this Blog. I’ve had in the back of my mind something similar. I just want sound im living room where my sterio is and other rooms including the back porch. I haven’t read up on it to know if it is feasible, but I thought that Zigbee might be a reasonable didtribution method. What say you?