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Home technology is becoming more integrated, and is developing at a rapid rate. Home automation, multi-room A/V, music & video streaming, networking, etc, how do you know that your system is current and operational.

Multi-Room AV

 

  Multi-room is the distribution of music, video (or both) and digital media throughout the different areas in you home. A very broad outline of the options are:
 
1)      Having the same music playing throughout the home, with each area (zone) having its own volume control.
 
2)      Having different music playing in different zones of the house (i.e. jazz in the kitchen, classical in the study and Hip-Hop in the kid's bedroom). Again each zone will have its own volume control.
 
3)       Having different music playing throughout the house as above, but giving each zone total and independent control over the system. i.e. if you are in the kitchen you can switch between radio stations or skip tracks on the CD player or iPod without disturbing someone who is using the system to watch videos in the family room. This can be done via keypads on the wall or a roaming remote control.

 4)      Any of the above, with the added luxury of distributing your video signals (Pay-TV, Blu-ray etc) throughout the house.

 

Suggested Multi-Room Packages.

Through many years of experience we have settled on three brands of multi-room systems. While the descriptions below give a quick understanding of what they are and what they do there are a great number of variations available for each system. With any of these brands we will be able to tailor a system which is specific for your needs and requirements.

SpeakerCraft MZC64Back to top

SpeakerCraft is probably the world’s oldest, and today are the largest, specialist manufacturer of Custom Installation products. Thirty years ago they invented the in-wall loudspeaker, and have since gone on to create numerous other ‘firsts’. When they release a range of multi-room audio distribution systems you know that they are going to be special. The MZC range of multi-room systems is flexible, affordable, simple to use, and high performing. SpeakerCraft has combined a controller, multi-zone pre-amplifier and digital power amplification into a single unit. This is then controlled in your nominated rooms (zones) by wall mounted keypads, or via your iPhone or iTouch. All you will need to add to this is the speakers in each zone, and the sources (e.g. CD, iPod etc) that you wish to play throughout your home. SpeakerCraft has developed a system that is as adaptable as it is powerful.
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  • 4 Zone, 6 Source controller/amplifier.
  • 30 watts per channel x 8 channels (4 stereo zones.)
  • Telephone and doorbell mute facilities (i.e. if the phone or doorbell rings the system with drop in power and the doorbell/phone will ring through the speakers.
  • Zone expansion capable.
RRP $1,999
SpeakerCraft MZC66Back to top

The MZC66 is the most popular of the MZC series. It has the same functions as the smaller '64', except it offers six zones and six sources.
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  • 6 Zone, 6 Source controller/amplifier.
  • 30 watts per channel x 12 channels (6 stereo zones.)
  • Telephone and doorbell mute facilities (i.e. if the phone or doorbell rings they system with drop in power and the doorbell/phone will ring through the speakers.
  • Zone expansion capable.
RRP $3,499
SpeakerCraft MZC88Back to top

The MZC88 is the most powerful and most flexible of the MZC series, allowing eight external sources of music to be simultaneously accessed in eight zones. It also includes two in-built AM/FM tuners (bringing the number of available sources up to 10) which can be independently accessed in the home.
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  • 8 Zone, 8 Source controller/amplifier.
  • 50 watts per channel x 18 channels (8 stereo zones.)
  • Two built-in AM/FM tuners with 10 presets per zone.
  • Telephone and doorbell mute facilities (i.e. if the phone or doorbell rings the system with drop in power and the doorbell/phone will ring through the speakers.
  • Zone expansion capable.
RRP $7,400
Sonos BU250Back to top

There can be no doubt that Sonos is the multi-room product of the month. The phenomenal success of he iPod means that a large proportion of households have music stored on their home computers, and Sonos frees up this music to be played through any room of the house. It also accesses the internet, allowing you to stream music from any one of a number of on-line music servers, plus accesses thousands of internet radio stations. It is wireless (although as always we recommend that if it can be wired – do so.) allowing you to get music into rooms where previously cabling was impossible. It is expandable – you can start off with a single room solution if you wish, but you can then go on adding rooms as necessary. Most importantly, it is simple to use. There are a number of companies, or combinations of products from various companies, which will allow you to do all of the above. None of them will do it with such ease. The most basic of the Sonos systems is the Bundle BU250. This consists of:
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  • 1 x ZP90 Zone Player. Connect this to your existing stereo or A/V receiver.
  • 1 x ZP120 Zone Player. This unit has a built in amp, connect a pair of speakers and you have music in a second zone.
  • 1 x CR200 Touchscreen controller.
RRP $1,999
Crestron AdagioBack to top

Creston manufacture what is arguably the finest Home Automation systems on the market. They also realise that not all consumers are in the market for a fully functional automation system, but are simply looking for a high quality Home Theatre system linked to a multi-room audio-visual system. Enter Adagio. Firstly Adagio is a very high performance Home Theatre package. It is also one of the industrie's finest multi room audio/visual distribution systems.
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  • Plug-and-play audio distribution for 6 rooms, expandable up to 24.
  • Choice of 12-button keypads, APAD LCD controllers or TPS-4L touchpanels.
  • 4 external audio inputs, plus built-in dual AM/FM tuners.
  • Accepts up to 2 additional dual tuner cards for AM/FM.
  • Plug-and-play connectivity with Apple® iPod® via CEN-IDOCV iPod Docking system.
  • Ethernet control system - programmable to support Crestron touchpanels, wireless remotes, lighting dimmers, thermostats, and much more.
RRP $7,400

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