Nice list of equipment, sounds like you have the party 🎉 house 🏡! May I suggest a Innuos product for your consideration. https://innuos.com/stream-series/
One question along with the whole house set up do you have a dedicated two channel listening space still? Anyways enjoy the fun!
Sweet Spot Listening or Space Immersion?
Like many of you I have a dedicated listening room, focused on high quality, two-channel music. My equipment and room is very much focused on delivering the best SQ to a sweet spot in the middle of my love seat. It’s truly great! But it can feel a bit exclusive since it is very difficult for more than two people to enjoy the benefits at the same time.
I also have a whole home audio system, recently implemented, with high quality in-ceiling speakers in several common areas, with a pair of subs in the largest area (living room/kitchen combo). I also have good outdoor speakers on the system as well. Because sometimes I just like to be able to wander my home and feel immersed in high quality music.
The new whole home system is built around the new Mcintosh CR106 controller, with a pair of MI128 8-channel amps; KEF CI200QR ceiling speakers, KEF KC62 subs, and KEF Ventura 6s on the patio. I am streaming from Bluesound Nodes for now (using the CR106 DAC), and I have an MR87 tuner for nostalgia purposes.
Right now I have all the pairs in mono mode and that seems like the right approach to avoid hearing unbalanced stereo sound. The KEFs have very good off-axis dispersion, which is good because my ceilings are not terribly high.
Anyway, anyone else doing something like this in addition to your dedicated listing room? Any advice or tips?
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