Hello,
I just joined the Home Automation College so not much knowledge & experience.
I would like to know which standard Whole House Audio System Forum Memebers have choosen or now want to go with a different one (please explain with reasons, why). I am planning to go with Russound CAV6.6 or CAM6.6 but still not sure as others are more compelling like NUVO, ChannelPlus, ChannelVision, Xantech, Niles...
Some of my Main Criterias are-
1. That it should provide atleast 20 Watts per Channel (all A-bus based audio systems provides around 7 watts per channel)
2. It should have RS-232, So I can control from HS/Cinemar..
3. Speaker Switching should be supported. Meaning, It should speak only to that room Speaker from where I am issuing the Voice Command by Changing the Audio Source Automatically. If I have a 4 source system then it should swith to source 1 (presuming source 1 is where HS speaks to)
4. It should automatically set the volume to a desired level (Set by the User either in HS or in the Whole House Audio System)
5. At least 4 source and 4 zone.
6. Should not cost more than $2000 excl speaker.
7. Any other important point that I may have missed.
I have gone thru the Paul's forum posts and now doing brainstorming for the right whole House system. I have excluded all the A-Bus based design as I am not able to think of a way to perform speaker switching as none of the available A-Bus products have RS-232 or I am not aware of any other method. (please fill me in if there is a way)
The choices I have so far -
Russound CAV6.6 (Has RS-232)
Russound CAM6.6 (Has RS-232)
Niles ZR-4630 (DB-9, Is it same as RS-232)
Niles ZR-8630AV (DB-9, Is it same as RS-232; expensive for me)
NuVo Simplese (Doesn't have RS-232)
NuVo Essentia (Has RS-232)
ChannelPus MDS-6A (Doesn't have RS-232)
Xantech MRC44 (Has RS-232)
Xantech MRC88 (Has RS-232)
Others (please specify)
Any other that satisfies the above requirements to some extent or something really great that I am totally unaware of. Also any place to shop for these (Other than ebay)
I just joined the Home Automation College so not much knowledge & experience.
I would like to know which standard Whole House Audio System Forum Memebers have choosen or now want to go with a different one (please explain with reasons, why). I am planning to go with Russound CAV6.6 or CAM6.6 but still not sure as others are more compelling like NUVO, ChannelPlus, ChannelVision, Xantech, Niles...
Some of my Main Criterias are-
1. That it should provide atleast 20 Watts per Channel (all A-bus based audio systems provides around 7 watts per channel)
2. It should have RS-232, So I can control from HS/Cinemar..
3. Speaker Switching should be supported. Meaning, It should speak only to that room Speaker from where I am issuing the Voice Command by Changing the Audio Source Automatically. If I have a 4 source system then it should swith to source 1 (presuming source 1 is where HS speaks to)
4. It should automatically set the volume to a desired level (Set by the User either in HS or in the Whole House Audio System)
5. At least 4 source and 4 zone.
6. Should not cost more than $2000 excl speaker.
7. Any other important point that I may have missed.
I have gone thru the Paul's forum posts and now doing brainstorming for the right whole House system. I have excluded all the A-Bus based design as I am not able to think of a way to perform speaker switching as none of the available A-Bus products have RS-232 or I am not aware of any other method. (please fill me in if there is a way)
The choices I have so far -
Russound CAV6.6 (Has RS-232)
Russound CAM6.6 (Has RS-232)
Niles ZR-4630 (DB-9, Is it same as RS-232)
Niles ZR-8630AV (DB-9, Is it same as RS-232; expensive for me)
NuVo Simplese (Doesn't have RS-232)
NuVo Essentia (Has RS-232)
ChannelPus MDS-6A (Doesn't have RS-232)
Xantech MRC44 (Has RS-232)
Xantech MRC88 (Has RS-232)
Others (please specify)
Any other that satisfies the above requirements to some extent or something really great that I am totally unaware of. Also any place to shop for these (Other than ebay)
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