On June 26, 2006 at 17:03, QQQ said...
This is a fun discussion, the type that makes
this a great place to visit. I'm going to play
devils advocate here. I'll number my questions
to make them easier to answer.
1. For those that pre-rack all your systems in
the shop, what does that mean *exactly* :-)?
That could mean quite a few different things.
Please expound a little.
Pre racking means installing the gear in the rack, wiring it, testing all the connections using front panel controls or native remotes, programming the system and testing the programming as far as possible without having the system in the house.
2. A good percentage of wires cannot be connected
except in the field (all the speaker wires coming
from each room, etc.). So what exactly are you
connecting? Just the components within the rack
itself?
Usually, yes.
3. We rarely have just one rack. What do you
do when you have 2, 3, 4 or more racks with components
that all get interconnected? How do you prerack
those and then take them to the job-site? You'd
have to completely unwire them anyway, correct?
Your jobs are bigger than mine. :-)
4. What Middle Atlantic racks are you using to
prerack? I've seen severak mentions of Axcess
racks. Is that what you are usually using?
AXS, Slim series and MRKs, typically. Depends on where its going.
