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Cloud Free Smart Home (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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So I'm looking to purchase a house soon, and before I paint I want to set up wiring in the house for a cloud-free smart home.

I currently rent an apartment. I have a home server running unraid with home assistant, and can run whatever server software I want to run. I'm looking at upgrading to a townhouse. Before I have someone come in and paint, I want to wire things for my ideal smart home.

My main focus will be networking and speakers.

I want to set up a server closet for my lab. I plan to get mikrotik switches. I currently plan on using tp-link omada APs for each floor.

I'm less confident in the speaker setup.

System Audio Inputs:

  • TV in living room
  • TV in bedroom
  • Computer in office
  • Computer in bedroom#2
  • Any mobile device

audio out:

  • Living room
  • office
  • bedroom (x2)
  • kitchen
  • primary bathroom

I'm imagining having a receiver for all the TV inputs/outputs and a central one for the bathroom, kitchen. I'm unsure about the office.

Cost is not a problem, I'm okay with 10-15k on the equipment for this.

What kind of amps/receivers would work best?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cool thread.

How have you thought about the speakers placement ? Ceiling, floor, how many etc?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm thinking of doing a soundbar and subwoofer in the living room, sound bars alone in each bedroom and some bookshelf speakers in other rooms

[–] grue 6 points 6 days ago

Don't get lazy with soundbars; do it properly with discrete speakers (at least in the living room).

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4LFDPbbSVk

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nice. And how are you going to be able to chose what to listen in each room ? Or all rooms will have the same source ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

That question is what brings me here!