I am new to this site (which is incredible I might add), so I am hoping I am posting this in the right place. I found this series to be helpful, but I am still confused (as it comes to what I am trying to do.<br />
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I purchased a house a couple of years ago that had a whole house sound system. Does not work great, but allows us to hear music by the pool and in most rooms. We are doing some remodeling, so I need to make some changes to the system, so I need to do some thinking about this now. <br />
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Here is what I know so far. There is a major wiring point containing a Speakercraft S-8 speaker control system. With the remodel, this is going to have to move (a pretty big project in itself). I am pretty sure this is an old piece of gear. There is a remote control unit in the bedroom that sends IR signals to the receiver / amp located in the media room in the basement. This equipment is obsolete (unless you still want to power a laser disc player). I have looked into running Cat5 wiring throughout the house, but this is a major undertaking that would require much more destruction to the house than my wife would ever consider for sound. <br />
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This brings me to find the article on wireless. What I am not clear on, is can I use the existing wiring and speakers, and somehow set the system up using a mac and itunes to send signals to the existing speaker system? If so, this would be an awesome solution (even moving and replacing the speaker control system). What I seem to be understanding from the article is that I can remotely send music to amp receivers in different rooms and control them from the Ipod, but can I do it through speakers on an existing whole house speaker system?<br />
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Thanks for your help - and great site.<br />
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