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ThePrufeshanul
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Hi all
Many thanks for your invaluable advice! Im a long time lurker, first time poster so apologies if I miss out any crucial detail .
My dilemma is that I am trying to future proof a house (for at least the next 10 years) which is currently in the process of being built. I dont have the money to put all the AV stuff in now but I want everything pre-wired so I can slot in / upgrade stuff without any problems as I go along .
Ive tried to keep things realistic in terms of my AV use generally the house will be used for entertaining friends and throwing parties! To this extent I want all my music stored in a central location in the living room that I can access from other rooms and set playing in various zones. My main plan was to install wiring and ducting for future wires as the house is just outside Sheffield I was going to ask Konnectiv to lend a hand though if anyone has any other recommendations Im all ears!,
The house has had its walls put up and is awaiting a roof it is built across three floors:
GROUND FLOOR:
The main requirement will be to have a TV on the wall in the kitchen with a couple of wall mounted speakers / subwoofer and space for a couple of ceiling speakers. Ideally I would also like a wall mounted panel behind the door through which I could access my music collection (stored on hard drive) and play internet radio ideally I would like to control where n the rest of the house music was playing. If at all possible it would also be great to be able to open the door from here and see who was ringing the bell (depending on the cost). Oddly I would also like a speaker in the downstairs loo linked to the same system!
FIRST FLOOR:
There will be two main zones on this floor firstly the study which I was thinking should be the hub through which the telephone lines and internet enter the house as I will be doing most of my work here. I have a PC with dual monitors and a surround sound system for playing games on . Through the computer, however, I would like to control my music collection (stored on a hard drive in the living room) so that it plays in the study as well as the rest of the house the computer would therefore act as a virtual wall panel as seen in the kitchen.
In the living room I will have an AV stack with a wall mounted TV, and surround sound system incorporating floorstanding speakers. In the stack, along with Sky HD and Playstation 3 I would like to keep a laptop with my music collection on it. Again, from the laptop Id like to be able to control where else in the house the music was playing. I presume I will also need a Digital to Audio converter here.
I would like to put a couple of marine speakers in the bathroom too in order to listen to music or internet radio this doesnt have to be to complex just switch on and offable!
SECOND FLOOR:
This is probably the most complex floor with three separate zones.
Most importantly, bedroom 1 should have a wall-mounted TV and wallmounted speakers which should be linked to the music system in the rest of the house. I would also like a wall mounted control panel which, again could access my music collection and control which zones they were played in. Ideally it would be great to have CCTV door entry for the ground floor. I was planning on having either one or a coupe of marine speakers in the en-suite ceiling to listen to music / internet radio whilst in the shower quality isn't vastly important but they will have to be powerful.
Bed 2 is a guest room which mostly wont be used but will (eventually have a wall mounted TV the integrated speakers should be sufficient here.
Bed 3 will be a dressing room for my wife and will be fitted with speakers that is linked into the house sound system (the control should come from the panel in bedroom 1)
Finally if the doorbell could be linked in to the sound system which would automatically reduce in noise when ringing that would be amazing built this might be a pipe dream!
HUGE THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP OR ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE ME ABOUT HOW TO DO ALL THIS!!
Many thanks for your invaluable advice! Im a long time lurker, first time poster so apologies if I miss out any crucial detail .
My dilemma is that I am trying to future proof a house (for at least the next 10 years) which is currently in the process of being built. I dont have the money to put all the AV stuff in now but I want everything pre-wired so I can slot in / upgrade stuff without any problems as I go along .
Ive tried to keep things realistic in terms of my AV use generally the house will be used for entertaining friends and throwing parties! To this extent I want all my music stored in a central location in the living room that I can access from other rooms and set playing in various zones. My main plan was to install wiring and ducting for future wires as the house is just outside Sheffield I was going to ask Konnectiv to lend a hand though if anyone has any other recommendations Im all ears!,
The house has had its walls put up and is awaiting a roof it is built across three floors:
GROUND FLOOR:
The main requirement will be to have a TV on the wall in the kitchen with a couple of wall mounted speakers / subwoofer and space for a couple of ceiling speakers. Ideally I would also like a wall mounted panel behind the door through which I could access my music collection (stored on hard drive) and play internet radio ideally I would like to control where n the rest of the house music was playing. If at all possible it would also be great to be able to open the door from here and see who was ringing the bell (depending on the cost). Oddly I would also like a speaker in the downstairs loo linked to the same system!
FIRST FLOOR:
There will be two main zones on this floor firstly the study which I was thinking should be the hub through which the telephone lines and internet enter the house as I will be doing most of my work here. I have a PC with dual monitors and a surround sound system for playing games on . Through the computer, however, I would like to control my music collection (stored on a hard drive in the living room) so that it plays in the study as well as the rest of the house the computer would therefore act as a virtual wall panel as seen in the kitchen.
In the living room I will have an AV stack with a wall mounted TV, and surround sound system incorporating floorstanding speakers. In the stack, along with Sky HD and Playstation 3 I would like to keep a laptop with my music collection on it. Again, from the laptop Id like to be able to control where else in the house the music was playing. I presume I will also need a Digital to Audio converter here.
I would like to put a couple of marine speakers in the bathroom too in order to listen to music or internet radio this doesnt have to be to complex just switch on and offable!
SECOND FLOOR:
This is probably the most complex floor with three separate zones.
Most importantly, bedroom 1 should have a wall-mounted TV and wallmounted speakers which should be linked to the music system in the rest of the house. I would also like a wall mounted control panel which, again could access my music collection and control which zones they were played in. Ideally it would be great to have CCTV door entry for the ground floor. I was planning on having either one or a coupe of marine speakers in the en-suite ceiling to listen to music / internet radio whilst in the shower quality isn't vastly important but they will have to be powerful.
Bed 2 is a guest room which mostly wont be used but will (eventually have a wall mounted TV the integrated speakers should be sufficient here.
Bed 3 will be a dressing room for my wife and will be fitted with speakers that is linked into the house sound system (the control should come from the panel in bedroom 1)
Finally if the doorbell could be linked in to the sound system which would automatically reduce in noise when ringing that would be amazing built this might be a pipe dream!
HUGE THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP OR ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE ME ABOUT HOW TO DO ALL THIS!!