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New home - shoulda woulda coulda's

Working on my new home design. Would be interested in hearing of some new construction strategies that would service my audio needs. I'm interested in what infrastructure-related products that you folks might consider indespensible. I'm primarily interested in exceptional 2 channel audio support in my main living area. Eventually I will have a dedicated home theater/audio room in the basement and would require support for that room. Again, just interested in critical backbone products and not a home "media system" that will be outdated in a couple of years. However, if anyone knows of some exceptional "in-wall" products that might service some peripheral listening in other rooms, I'd be interested in those as well. I'm not afraid to spend the money as I cannot go a day without music. Oh yeah, no WAF issues so let loose with your bad selves! No need to rehash old threads I may have missed, so please offer up some links. Thanks.
slothman
slothman OP
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Actually the girlfriend got the biggest kick out of the "porno room" idea but then got overly inquisitive about the Nicole Kidman videos - not that there's anything wrong with that...

Thanks for the Auralex link - I'll definately spend some time there.

What about dedicated circuits/power conditioning - opinions?

Was thinking about a "little" room (closet) in the basement to house a server for music and video and origin for ethernet runs. What else could I hide in there?
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Slothman, Albert has been distributing my spycam videos for years. He tells me the Bart Simpson/Eric Cartman secret gay encounter is his best seller.
saki70
907 posts
 
I would start with 'dedicated' lines for your equipment . Run seperate lines for analog and digital items . Connect these lines to a seperate 'isolated' ground system with the grounding rod at least 10ft. from the main house system grounding rod . Use 30amp hospital grade recepticles for their better metal content and superior plug holding ability . The red ones denote isolated ground. Use 10/4 copper cable for the runs and 30 amp breakers . Do not group these 'dedicated' wire runs with those from the rest of your house . Make sure that the grounds are 'isolated', within the confines of the panel, from the rest of the house system . Use the best components that you can reasonbly afford, don't go crazy !
This system will give you an abundant power source for your equipment that won't be cross contaminated from anything else in your system or home . It will not however 'clean' the power that is coming to your house. That is a different process that has been described here many times and is not part of the 'infrastructure'.
Good luck .
snofun3
601 posts
 
Make sure you have dedicated circuits (and grounds) and LOTS of outlets all over the place (even in the ceiling - lighting and ??)

There's a number of threads regarding dedicated circuits here. A little research and you'll find a lot of info.
uncertainsmile
88 posts
 
WATCH them work! make sure what you want done is DONE! don't have any doubts about your electrical wiring. ASK what they are doing. i can't stress this enough. d.
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