Right, Ive been meaning to produce a big post regarding my home, and the setup inside it, and i know there are a few members who have been interested in this.
You will have to bear with me on the technical side of things, ill try my best to explain what everything does but i didnt install everything let alone order it i just sat back and watched it all come together, but i shall try and do my best.
if anyone wishing to talk further my msn is theb0y14 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Ive decided to split the post into 3 sections, "Audio", "Visual" & "Network".
BACKGROUND,
The house was build 2 years ago, and the multimedia installation process took about a year. (contracter was a bit shabby).
We decided to cable the entire house as the frame went up, cable is a cheap as chips when building a house from scratch.
We wanted a fully networked house, with audio streaming into each room controllable by a remote, with discreet speakers. The ability to watch sky in everyroom, with full controllability. We also wanted the ability to expand the network in terms of technological advances.
AUDIO,
Under the stairs is where the heart of the audio system lies. We have a large rack which contains the following equipment. (In order of how they sit on the rack re: pic)
All products are under the "Linn Knekt" family.
Imerge Soundserver S2000:
This is where our music collection is stored. With 250gb of storage, we are able to rip music at top quality to the harddisk, will full album art and cd info, much like how you rip music to itunes.
The server supports 4 outputs, this means we are able to have music playing in up to 4 seperate rooms at the same time.
It also pumps out a visual display to a tv to display whats playing etc.
Click for more information
Kivor Linnk:
This handles all the "in and outs" from the audio network. From this all the room RCU's connect into, and all audio streaming goes out through it.
Click for more information
Linn Intersekt:
This unit controls the zones, we have 4 zones. (as there are four members of the family). I guess in a way it splits the bandwidth easilly into four parts, for example, i can go up to my RCU and select "Tom", select and play music of my choice independantly to what the other 3 zones are doing. And if i was two deselect "Tom", and go on to "Rhia" my bedroom would start pumping out whatever my sister was playing.
Linn Pekin:
This is a high performance AM/FM tuner, this is wired into the Intersekt meaning we are able to the radio on our RCU's and have full functionality such as scan, or scroll through pre-sets.
Linn Reciever 2i: (x2)
These are the amps, there are two downstairs and two in the attic. Each zone has an amp, and the amp powers the room in which the zone is being utilized.
You can also see a tft screen, this displays a visual representation of whats going on in the soundserver.
The turntable is connected to the soundserver and we are able to record vinyls straight onto the soundserver.
,
So youve seen whats under the stairs, whats next. Well, we need to be able to controll the music in each room.
In each room we have one of these :
This gadget is a simple, yet effective way of controlling the soundservers output with the touch of a button.
With this i am able to select my zone, wether its zone "Tom", or from direct inputs in my room (e.g my pc, tv, ipod)
So i can click, "Where - Tom", "What - Select a album, song, artist", "Do, play/pause etc.
Its hard to explain how they work.. i can also controll bass/treble/volume etc.
This will then send the information back down to the units under the stairs, up to the amps, and the output will play wherever i am.
These i believe were the most expensive part of the system as each one has to be configured differently according to the room and the rooms layout.
In my room i have it connected to the system downstairs, but i also have the ability of connecting my own inputs, upto 3. As you can see below:
You will have to bear with me on the technical side of things, ill try my best to explain what everything does but i didnt install everything let alone order it i just sat back and watched it all come together, but i shall try and do my best.
if anyone wishing to talk further my msn is theb0y14 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Ive decided to split the post into 3 sections, "Audio", "Visual" & "Network".
BACKGROUND,
The house was build 2 years ago, and the multimedia installation process took about a year. (contracter was a bit shabby).
We decided to cable the entire house as the frame went up, cable is a cheap as chips when building a house from scratch.
We wanted a fully networked house, with audio streaming into each room controllable by a remote, with discreet speakers. The ability to watch sky in everyroom, with full controllability. We also wanted the ability to expand the network in terms of technological advances.
AUDIO,
Under the stairs is where the heart of the audio system lies. We have a large rack which contains the following equipment. (In order of how they sit on the rack re: pic)
All products are under the "Linn Knekt" family.
Imerge Soundserver S2000:
This is where our music collection is stored. With 250gb of storage, we are able to rip music at top quality to the harddisk, will full album art and cd info, much like how you rip music to itunes.
The server supports 4 outputs, this means we are able to have music playing in up to 4 seperate rooms at the same time.
It also pumps out a visual display to a tv to display whats playing etc.
Click for more information
Kivor Linnk:
This handles all the "in and outs" from the audio network. From this all the room RCU's connect into, and all audio streaming goes out through it.
Click for more information
Linn Intersekt:
This unit controls the zones, we have 4 zones. (as there are four members of the family). I guess in a way it splits the bandwidth easilly into four parts, for example, i can go up to my RCU and select "Tom", select and play music of my choice independantly to what the other 3 zones are doing. And if i was two deselect "Tom", and go on to "Rhia" my bedroom would start pumping out whatever my sister was playing.
Linn Pekin:
This is a high performance AM/FM tuner, this is wired into the Intersekt meaning we are able to the radio on our RCU's and have full functionality such as scan, or scroll through pre-sets.
Linn Reciever 2i: (x2)
These are the amps, there are two downstairs and two in the attic. Each zone has an amp, and the amp powers the room in which the zone is being utilized.
You can also see a tft screen, this displays a visual representation of whats going on in the soundserver.
The turntable is connected to the soundserver and we are able to record vinyls straight onto the soundserver.
,
So youve seen whats under the stairs, whats next. Well, we need to be able to controll the music in each room.
In each room we have one of these :
This gadget is a simple, yet effective way of controlling the soundservers output with the touch of a button.
With this i am able to select my zone, wether its zone "Tom", or from direct inputs in my room (e.g my pc, tv, ipod)
So i can click, "Where - Tom", "What - Select a album, song, artist", "Do, play/pause etc.
Its hard to explain how they work.. i can also controll bass/treble/volume etc.
This will then send the information back down to the units under the stairs, up to the amps, and the output will play wherever i am.
These i believe were the most expensive part of the system as each one has to be configured differently according to the room and the rooms layout.
In my room i have it connected to the system downstairs, but i also have the ability of connecting my own inputs, upto 3. As you can see below:
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