Hi, I have been asked by my mate to set him up so he can listen to his PC
Jukebox in 4 rooms in his house. He's just renovated his house and has a
CAT5 cable running round with a box in each room. He would like to be able
to select and change tracks in each room. It might be posible to rout an
audio cable round but I am unsure whether the sound quiality will degrade to
much, (he's isnt that bothered about sound quality, but i guess he wants it
reasonable), and I am unsure whether it would be ok to conect 4 sets of
(active) speakers, or 4 amps to one line out from the PC. I am guesing it
would work, but i am not sure how well.

anyone got any other ideas?

Nutrimat wrote:
> Hi, I have been asked by my mate to set him up so he can listen to his PC
> Jukebox in 4 rooms in his house. He's just renovated his house and has a
> CAT5 cable running round with a box in each room. He would like to be able
> to select and change tracks in each room.

Easiest may be to have a PC in each room and use the jukebox essentially
as a server. May be cheapest too, since it don't have to be a
screaming-fast machine.

Next easiest is my solution: PC still used as remote for the jukebox, IR
repeaters to control the rest of the system remotely, then do the
standard sorts of central-amp speaker setups. If I had a larger house,
I'd consider a radio link to a remote amplifier.

Nutrimat wrote:
> Hi, I have been asked by my mate to set him up so he can listen to his PC
> Jukebox in 4 rooms in his house. He's just renovated his house and has a
> CAT5 cable running round with a box in each room. He would like to be able
> to select and change tracks in each room. It might be posible to rout an
> audio cable round but I am unsure whether the sound quiality will degrade to
> much, (he's isnt that bothered about sound quality, but i guess he wants it
> reasonable), and I am unsure whether it would be ok to conect 4 sets of
> (active) speakers, or 4 amps to one line out from the PC. I am guesing it
> would work, but i am not sure how well.
>
> anyone got any other ideas?
>
>
I use Sun Rays for that. Used Sun equipment is pretty cheap.

But you/he would need to learn a bit of Unix (not that that would
be a bad thing).

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"Joe Kesselman" <keshlam-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Nutrimat wrote:
> > Hi, I have been asked by my mate to set him up so he can listen to his
PC
> > Jukebox in 4 rooms in his house. He's just renovated his house and has a
> > CAT5 cable running round with a box in each room. He would like to be
able
> > to select and change tracks in each room.
>
> Easiest may be to have a PC in each room and use the jukebox essentially
> as a server. May be cheapest too, since it don't have to be a
> screaming-fast machine.
>
> Next easiest is my solution: PC still used as remote for the jukebox, IR
> repeaters to control the rest of the system remotely, then do the
> standard sorts of central-amp speaker setups. If I had a larger house,
> I'd consider a radio link to a remote amplifier.

What do you mean by central-amp speaker setup?

cheers,

chris

"Nutrimat" <te@bag> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I have been asked by my mate to set him up so he can listen to his PC
> Jukebox in 4 rooms in his house. He's just renovated his house and has a
> CAT5 cable running round with a box in each room. He would like to be able
> to select and change tracks in each room. It might be posible to rout an
> audio cable round but I am unsure whether the sound quiality will degrade
> to
> much, (he's isnt that bothered about sound quality, but i guess he wants
> it
> reasonable), and I am unsure whether it would be ok to conect 4 sets of
> (active) speakers, or 4 amps to one line out from the PC. I am guesing it
> would work, but i am not sure how well.
>
> anyone got any other ideas?
>
>

Apple makes a WAP that allows music streaming through iTunes...all you need
is an electrical outlet, an audio cable, iTunes, and a wireless PC...you'd
have to manage the music via playlists though...then again, there's always
the iPod...