colinb4987
Novice Member
I'm soon going to be rewiring my house, and am going to run speaker wire (most likely 4x2.5mm^2) to 7 audio only zones (all one stereo pair), one 5.1.2 cinema zone, and one TV+speaker bar zone. Additional empty conduit to all rooms, Cat6a to all rooms, and possibly HDMI to all rooms.
If I can use current equipment, I can spend more on new kit - so making use of a Yamaha RX-A3050 (for cinema) and A-S701 would be ideal. I also have two servers (VMs and Docker readily available) and a 10Gbps network backbone that can be put to use, all housed in a half-empty 42u rack (where I'd like to put any additional purchases)
My question is: if I want to be able to listen to four different Spotify streams in four different zones, what do I need? What if I want to have BBC iPlayer playing different streams in four different zones (cinema, HDMI, and two future HDMI)
I get that I'll need an amplifier per audio zone (leaving me looking at something like a Monitor IA60-12), and a receiver to deal with the cinema/HDMI/additional audio if I have the outputs. Where I'm totally confused is on matrices (or matrixes?) and inputs. Anyone help?
If I had a Monitor IMS-4 running into an IA60-12, does that solve the "four Spotify streams to four different stereo pairs" part of the equation?
Mods, please move if this is in the wrong place; please point me to another forum altogether if this is too deep into DIY-Custom Install territory! Thanks all for any help
If I can use current equipment, I can spend more on new kit - so making use of a Yamaha RX-A3050 (for cinema) and A-S701 would be ideal. I also have two servers (VMs and Docker readily available) and a 10Gbps network backbone that can be put to use, all housed in a half-empty 42u rack (where I'd like to put any additional purchases)
My question is: if I want to be able to listen to four different Spotify streams in four different zones, what do I need? What if I want to have BBC iPlayer playing different streams in four different zones (cinema, HDMI, and two future HDMI)
I get that I'll need an amplifier per audio zone (leaving me looking at something like a Monitor IA60-12), and a receiver to deal with the cinema/HDMI/additional audio if I have the outputs. Where I'm totally confused is on matrices (or matrixes?) and inputs. Anyone help?
If I had a Monitor IMS-4 running into an IA60-12, does that solve the "four Spotify streams to four different stereo pairs" part of the equation?
Mods, please move if this is in the wrong place; please point me to another forum altogether if this is too deep into DIY-Custom Install territory! Thanks all for any help