A little advice for home audio

Dan Darby

Dan Darby

Dan Darby

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Hello all, buying my first house very soon and want to fit some ceiling speakers and connect them via an amp to the Amazon echo/dot. Now, I've read up a lot but am still at a loss, I only want 6 speakers in total, 3 pairs, 2 in the kitchen, 2 in the bedroom and 2 in the lounge, relatively small floors as it's a town house. I have read up about the impedance a little. My question is what parameters should I be looking at for the speakers and the amp, does running multiple speakers effect the wattage required? I would also like to use a speaker selector switch which I saw on a website that people said were a good idea. I don't mind if I can't adjust the volume on individual speakers but I would like to turn the zones on and off which I believe can be done via the selector switch.
Sorry for the essay. Thanks in advance for time taken to read and hopefully reply !
 
Oh god this is sounding a lot more complicated than I hoped! Only need one source playing at a time. Thanks for the quick replies btw! Very much appreciated!!
 
Thank you very much for all the replies and ideas! I'm quite liking the idea of option 1 with the 3x sonos play 1 speaker's. Bit dearer than I expected but probably easier. Would I need the connect amp or would I literally just need the 3 speakers? Can you mix match the sonos play 3 and 5s? And would I connect to Google home via the Chromecast audio? Thanks again!
 
So I'm thinking of just buying 2x 2channel amps and a few Bluetooth speakers, CCA on them all, would that work ? And can anyone recommend amps that are decent but not over expensive, surely they just need an aux in and sufficient power, nothing crazy. And Bluetooth speakers if possible!
 
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Ah nice that looks smart thanks! And then would I connect the Chromecast to the amp? If so how? Because I thought the Chromecast audio was a standard aux in plug? And what wattage speakers should I get if I'm using 2 per amp?
 
Is that impedance? Could you give me an example speaker that would fit the criteria best? Again not looking for anything out of his world price wise haha! Also is it worth spending a lot on speaker cable? Thanks again for the info guys!
 
Wow that's great thanks! Any chance you could recommend a particular speaker that would work well with those little amps in the link above? Or a general wattage/sensitivity I should aim for? If I'm going for two per amp. The rooms are only small so won't be needing crazy volume levels.
 
I see, am I right in thinking the standalone speakers are better than ceiling mount? Because I've seen these Polk Audio RCi60, 8ohm with 89db, comparing them to the whardale diamond 9 with 86db at 6 ohms. Which is the better choice would you say? Sorry to ask so much but just gonna go with whatever you guys recommend to be honest!
 
Gonna go with those wharfedale ones I think, they look lovely! Will they work with that amp linked earlier? Also do I need to spend loads on speaker cable? Or will it not make much difference?
 
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