Then go with JRiver Media Center which will let you set up each sound card as a zone. So hardware wise you are looking at about $300 for 6 zones of hardware (minus the speakers you already have). Get a bunch of cheap USB sound cards for a few bucks a piece and get a matching mini amp for each one. If you want cheap you can go like many of us do that works fine. I don’t think I’d consider Sonos cheap if you start going above a couple zones but it is a solution. Those programs will be able to handle input from Smartthings at some point.įor the audio you can go expensive like Russound with their multi zone amps. If you want something open you’d want to look at Homeseer (which I use), Elve, CQC, etc. Maybe at some point it will get to that but since it hasn’t even been released yet there is obviously a ways to go on that front. If you are looking to integrate it into a large HA system you are going to have to look at some control software first and of course at this point Smartthings would be something you would integrate INTO a control system, not BE the control system. I did the exact same thing as you when I built my house a few years ago (also hope you are running plenty of Cat6 which can be used for sensors and PoE). There doesn’t seem to be a great solution. This is a pretty complicated subject but simple AFFORDABLE multizone audio is kind of like a Holy Grail.
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