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| Topic: | Showroom Display help This thread has 11 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Saturday July 24, 2004 at 20:25 |
sandmaneo Long Time Member |
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We have a custom theater install in our showroom, we also have another speaker line (James Loudspeakers) that we would like to use in the theater. We were wondering if anyone out there knew of a 5.1 surround sound switching device. IE AB switch... Been searching , but have not been able to find a true 5.1 switch.. Sure we have speaker selectors for the other areas , but there we are only using pairs of speakers. Any info would be greatly appreciated.. We would rather not have to use an additional amp and redo our touchscreens for that.
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| Post 2 made on Sunday July 25, 2004 at 03:59 |
HDTVJunkie Long Time Member |
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Sounds like a job for a matrix switcher. Something completely controlable like Sierra. Don't know of a cheaper option.
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| Post 3 made on Sunday July 25, 2004 at 04:03 |
build a simple panel with non shorting DTDP switches. Label them as per each speaker. Total parts won't exceed $100.00
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| Post 4 made on Monday July 26, 2004 at 08:29 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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Or,
Make it really cool using a remote control speaker switch. I built one last year for CEDIA, where by hitting a button it switched all the speakers from A to B. Used Xantech SR21's. Worked great.
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| Post 5 made on Monday July 26, 2004 at 21:27 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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| Post 6 made on Monday July 26, 2004 at 23:07 |
yep, one button is the way to go. and the DPDT relays would only add another few bucks to the cost. Wait a minute, add a 12 volt power supply, scratch four switches,, Might even be less.
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday July 27, 2004 at 09:42 |
Theaterworks Founding Member |
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Niles Audio used to make an eight pair speaker switcher for things like this, the AB-8. Front panel buttons or low voltage triggered. Still have one in the back room if you need it. Rugged, and not $$$$$.
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday July 27, 2004 at 10:07 |
Ernie Bornn-Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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On 07/27/04 09:42, Theaterworks said...
Niles Audio used to make an eight pair speaker
switcher for things like this, the AB-8. Yeah, but doesn't that switch only two channels of audio? You would need two and a half of these for 5.1. I did this for a guy a few years back. Looked dumb but worked. This does not address switching the sub. I would put it in high level input mode for this setup.
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| Post 9 made on Tuesday July 27, 2004 at 12:23 |
Tom Ciaramitaro Loyal Member |
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I think I had an AB8 once and got rid of it - as I remember, it was from the Dolby Surround days and only switched four speakers at a time.
If it had switched five channels, I am certain I would have kept it.
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| Post 10 made on Tuesday July 27, 2004 at 13:26 |
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Nope, this switches eight channels, two ins, one out.
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| Post 11 made on Wednesday July 28, 2004 at 00:39 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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The Niles AB8 is described here, and appears to be available here. It does indeed switch up to 8 channels, and there's even a remote available at the second link. Larry www.fineelectricco.com
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| OP | Post 12 made on Wednesday July 28, 2004 at 21:01 |
sandmaneo Long Time Member |
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Larry, Thanks, I think this is what we are looking for. We are going to get one and see how it does. We will let you know how it goes.. And thanks to all for your input. As always , you are all very helpful..
MTS
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