We recently bought a new home. The previous owner had every room wired with physical speakers and all of the wires converge to a closet on the main floor. In the closet, each wire is conveniently labeled "basement" or "living room" which is self explanatory. I have no idea what to buy to make this system work to its potential, but I have a few things in mind:
1) Yes, I know I need a receiver. I was wondering though if something exists that would allow me to control everything from my phone or laptop. I'm thinking something like Sonos, but for speakers that are already wired into the house. I'd like the ability to easily turn each room on and off without going back to the receiver and also the ability to change the music remotely.
2) There are speakers around the basement where I want a TV. Would that get a separate receiver for a surround sound TV experience, or would that go back into the main receiver I need for the rest of the system.
Sorry if these are dumb questions. I have no clue about this stuff, but I've done stuff like build my own desktop in the past so I'd like to set this up myself without shelling out big bucks for a professional installation. Thanks!
1) Yes, I know I need a receiver. I was wondering though if something exists that would allow me to control everything from my phone or laptop. I'm thinking something like Sonos, but for speakers that are already wired into the house. I'd like the ability to easily turn each room on and off without going back to the receiver and also the ability to change the music remotely.
2) There are speakers around the basement where I want a TV. Would that get a separate receiver for a surround sound TV experience, or would that go back into the main receiver I need for the rest of the system.
Sorry if these are dumb questions. I have no clue about this stuff, but I've done stuff like build my own desktop in the past so I'd like to set this up myself without shelling out big bucks for a professional installation. Thanks!