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Poor Man's Whole House Audio?

Posted by Cliff on from the music-in-every-room dept.

robtheauditor asks: "I would love to have my music in all the various rooms of our house. I can't afford the thousands for a turnkey system. What are the possibilities for a poor man's whole house audio system? For example, would it be possible to take my PC external audio connector and feed it to a bunch of powered speakers in different rooms? Could I just bring a bunch of 3.5mm plugs wired together in parallel, or would that not work? I was thinking that even if the signal is weak because it is split to 6 different speaker pairs, because the speakers are powered it wouldn't matter. Or will I risk burning out my sound card?"

7 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Pretty happy with Airport Express. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No fp, either.

  2. Re:Pretty happy with Airport Express. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, burn!

  3. Easy-Peasy by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are the possibilities for a poor man's whole house audio system?

    That would be a walkman and a pair of headphones.

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    1. Re:Easy-Peasy by styrotech · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was just going to suggest turning up the volume right up.

  4. Simple, Cheap Solution by sahrss · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get a big boombox, and CRANK IT UP!

    Tada, whole house audio. Your neighbors will love you because you're installing systems for them, too, and for free!

  5. Re:Idea by itzdandy · · Score: 2, Funny

    what if a song contained people clapping?

    "naaa na na na naaa *clap* *clap*" ......silence!

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Funny

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