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04-29-01, 03:57 PM
I would like to move my speakers in different areas of my house, any ideas on tackfully hiding the wires?
Thanks
Thanks
Smokey
04-29-01, 04:06 PM
Good afternoon, urfireplug:
I do love these handles you folks come up with! I have visions! LOL
Tell me a little bit about your installation. Do you want to install the speakers all on the same floor? How many sets of speakers are involved? Do you have a basement? An attic? If you give me the details of what you want to build, I can engineer the system and tell you how to build it. Best part of it is that the cost is FREE!
We work cheap. Brandon comes by now and then and throws raw meat into our cages, etc. LOL. (Just kidding!)
Smokey ;)
I do love these handles you folks come up with! I have visions! LOL
Tell me a little bit about your installation. Do you want to install the speakers all on the same floor? How many sets of speakers are involved? Do you have a basement? An attic? If you give me the details of what you want to build, I can engineer the system and tell you how to build it. Best part of it is that the cost is FREE!
We work cheap. Brandon comes by now and then and throws raw meat into our cages, etc. LOL. (Just kidding!)
Smokey ;)
04-29-01, 05:06 PM
Ok, Smokey, ya ready?
No basement... not allowed here down south :(
Have tile on floors & want to move two speakers on opposite side of room for the surround sound effect !
The speaker wires are pretty thick & yucky looking to just wrap around a room & lay onthe floor...
Thank you,
Cynthia
Aka....Urfireplug !
No basement... not allowed here down south :(
Have tile on floors & want to move two speakers on opposite side of room for the surround sound effect !
The speaker wires are pretty thick & yucky looking to just wrap around a room & lay onthe floor...
Thank you,
Cynthia
Aka....Urfireplug !
Smokey
04-30-01, 12:35 PM
Good afternoon, urfireplug:
Yah, Smokey is ready! I was born ready! I understand the South because I am in McMinnville, Tennessee, y'all. Do your darnest because I speak fluent redneck.
The answer is that there are two methods of doing this. Just depends on your expertise.
First and most common is hard wiring. Put a small box in the wall behind the stereo, fish the wires up and over and down to the opposite wall. Put another box in the wall behind the speakers and buy a nice plate from Radio Shack. Hook up. And you're full of fiberglass insulation, dirty to the point where your wife doesn't recognize you, and saying hateful things about Smokey.
The other answer is to go downtown, buy an RF transmitter and two receivers from Radio Shack (or whatever). Hook the transmitter up from the audio output jacks on the receiver. Hook the receivers up the each of the speakers. And then move the (expletive deleted) speakers anywhere within a one block radius that makes you happy.
This one is my choice and what I have done with my stereo system. I have five cassette decks, an 8-track, a 10 unit CD player, a 1/4" professional tape deck, and a studio phono player. Sometimes I want the speakers in the living room, sometimes I want the speakers in the den, and sometimes I want the speakers in the driveway for some of our "kegger" parties. Loss of fidelity? I can't hear it.
On the plus side: no wires, total versatility.
Of course, there is a problem now and then. If you play the right music, you can open automatic garage doors within a three block radius. LOL!
Smokey :)
Yah, Smokey is ready! I was born ready! I understand the South because I am in McMinnville, Tennessee, y'all. Do your darnest because I speak fluent redneck.
The answer is that there are two methods of doing this. Just depends on your expertise.
First and most common is hard wiring. Put a small box in the wall behind the stereo, fish the wires up and over and down to the opposite wall. Put another box in the wall behind the speakers and buy a nice plate from Radio Shack. Hook up. And you're full of fiberglass insulation, dirty to the point where your wife doesn't recognize you, and saying hateful things about Smokey.
The other answer is to go downtown, buy an RF transmitter and two receivers from Radio Shack (or whatever). Hook the transmitter up from the audio output jacks on the receiver. Hook the receivers up the each of the speakers. And then move the (expletive deleted) speakers anywhere within a one block radius that makes you happy.
This one is my choice and what I have done with my stereo system. I have five cassette decks, an 8-track, a 10 unit CD player, a 1/4" professional tape deck, and a studio phono player. Sometimes I want the speakers in the living room, sometimes I want the speakers in the den, and sometimes I want the speakers in the driveway for some of our "kegger" parties. Loss of fidelity? I can't hear it.
On the plus side: no wires, total versatility.
Of course, there is a problem now and then. If you play the right music, you can open automatic garage doors within a three block radius. LOL!
Smokey :)
04-30-01, 08:44 PM
U R SOOOOO FUNNY!
I HAVE A WONDERFUL FRIEND IN TENNESSEE!!
WE HAVE LEARNED TO TRANSLATE!!
WHAT A GREAT IDEA, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH ,
SO I CAN DO THIS WITH ALL OF MY SPEAKERS? IT WORKS OFF THE STEREO? IS THIS A REASONABLY PRICED UNIT?
CAN I HOOK UP MY VIBRATOR TO THIS UNIT TOO?
I CAN DO GARDENING & GO FOR A WALK & ENJOY THE THRILL!
YOUR FIREPLUG,
CYNTHIA
I HAVE A WONDERFUL FRIEND IN TENNESSEE!!
WE HAVE LEARNED TO TRANSLATE!!
WHAT A GREAT IDEA, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH ,
SO I CAN DO THIS WITH ALL OF MY SPEAKERS? IT WORKS OFF THE STEREO? IS THIS A REASONABLY PRICED UNIT?
CAN I HOOK UP MY VIBRATOR TO THIS UNIT TOO?
I CAN DO GARDENING & GO FOR A WALK & ENJOY THE THRILL!
YOUR FIREPLUG,
CYNTHIA
Smokey
05-08-01, 06:12 AM
Good Morning, Cynthia:
Sorry I didn't get back soon but was caught up in a move. It took a little time to get the computer back on line.
The RF (radio frequency) concept has been around for a while and is an offshoot from the new 900 MHz cordless telephones. If you check around the electronics houses or check the net at Crutchfield.com, you should come up with some alternatives.
And, I wouldn't touch that thing about the vibrator with a ten foot pole. Andy, Barney, and Goober would be wailing on my door for putting porn on a family website.
Y'all come back,
Smokey ;)
Sorry I didn't get back soon but was caught up in a move. It took a little time to get the computer back on line.
The RF (radio frequency) concept has been around for a while and is an offshoot from the new 900 MHz cordless telephones. If you check around the electronics houses or check the net at Crutchfield.com, you should come up with some alternatives.
And, I wouldn't touch that thing about the vibrator with a ten foot pole. Andy, Barney, and Goober would be wailing on my door for putting porn on a family website.
Y'all come back,
Smokey ;)