December 2004
Beginner
336 pages
14h 32m
English
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Chapter 9, Create Time-Shifted FM Radio
Whole-House Audio
In this phase, you’ll create a system for distributing audio from your com-
puter throughout your house. If you’re lucky enough to already have such
a system in place, or if you only plan to listen to the time-shifted radio
through a single pair of speakers, you can skip this phase.
Sound quality, cost, ease of installation, and portability are the most sig-
nificant factors when choosing a whole-house audio system. At the high
end, you can install whole-house audio that provides home theater–quality
sound to multiple speakers in every room of your house. These systems
typically provide controls built into the wall of each room that allow you
to control the volume and other aspects of the audio equipment. You can
find an excellent description of such systems at http://www.hometech.com/
learn/audio.html.
Quality is not the most important factor to me, though. Cost is important,
because honestly now, there are much more important things to spend
money on than whole-house audio. Plus, I dread the idea of running wires
all around my 1950s house, and it would take me so long that I’d probably
never complete the project anyway. Portability is important, too. If I move,
I wouldn’t want to leave a wired whole-house system behind. Chances are
good that it wouldn’t improve the value of my ...
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