Distributed Audio

[RedTen]

Chaps,

Advice needed.

I'm moving into my first house (new build) in November and am looking at my AV options.

I'd like to have distributed audio with in ceiling speakers in the bathroom and possibly other rooms later on down the line.

I'd like to be able to take media from my NAS or streamed via Spotify and played in all or some rooms.

What is the most cost effective option?

Presumably if I have the speakers I'll need an amp between them and the network device.

Any ideas welcome

 

[RedTen]

If cost effective is a euphamism for cheap then there's speakers on Ebay for tuppence ha'penny a pair combined with T-amps and little project boards based on Raspberry Pi and the like. It will do some of what a proper distributed audio system does, but not all.

On the otherhand, if you mean you want something that works flawlessly out of the box and does all the things that you won't even realise that are important until you start using a distributed audio system, and you'd rather not waste money on partly thought through solutions, then one word..... Sonos.

Ha. Perhaps cost effective was the wrong use of words..

I mean something like the KEF Ci50R @ £50 per speaker rather than the 100's or 1000's I could spend on the real high end kit.

The Sonos range looks great but a little confusing to someone that isn't already in it.

For example - can I use the Sonos Bridge with an existing AMP and speakers or do I have to get the Sonos CONNECT first?

Hopefully that makes sense!

** Edit **

I get it now... I need a Sonos CONNECT if I have an existing AMP and Speakers or a Sonos CONNECT:AMP if I just have speakers.

So I guess it's either ~£279 per room or ~£400 per room. Yikes.