Whole House Audio Wiring

[Sam Huffman]

I am planning my pre-wiring for our new home and am having difficulties
planning the audio system. As money is tight during construction, I
probably will not be able to purchase the components for the system right
away, I will only be wiring.

I am wondering what the best way to approach this is. My hope is to
eventually have a system such as the Russound PR4Z, but I don't want to be
locked into a specific system. Do most similar systems just require
standard cat5 to be run to the wall panels? Does speaker wire also run to
the wall panel or does speaker wire run from the wiring closet directly to
the speaker locations?

I also am concerned about the proximity of my cat5/speaker wire to the
high voltage line. My electrician will be doing his wiring before I am
able to do mine, and as electrical outlets tend to be at the same height
as my RG-6/cat5 outlets, how do I avoid interference? I assume it is a bad
idea to have a high voltage line anywhere near the low voltage wall jacks?
(I hear 2 feet is the absolute minimum).

Any suggestions are very much appreciated,

Sam

[GT55133]

>I am planning my pre-wiring for our new home and am having difficulties
>planning the audio system. As money is tight during construction, I
>probably will not be able to purchase the components for the system right
>away, I will only be wiring.
>
>I am wondering what the best way to approach this is.

Everything you could possiby want to know about prewiring can be found at
http://www.mcdata.com/~meh0045/homewire/wire_guide.html
Greg

[Mark Henrichs]

Thanks for the reference to my site! Note, however, that the URL has changed.
The site is now located at:
http://www.wildtracks.cihost.com/homewire/

GT55133 wrote:

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