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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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[–] theyllneverfindmehere 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh man this is rad. This is what done houses in the 70's and 80's had. A central sound system throughout the house.

I think you're looking for a receiver obviously to handle the inputs but then you also need a multi-room amplifier. I'm pretty sure it also has another name, but something like this: Juke Audio

I'll follow this thread because I'm always interested in everyone's suggestions.

Probably not what you're looking for but you can roll your own "smart" speakers that work directly with home assistant and play audio that way. Doesn't help with audio input from like a TV, but it's what I've got to offer at the moment because it's what I'm working on at the moment.

Edit:the other name they go by is "matrix amplifier". Good luck bud.