Hey Haley,
IMHO there are several good solutions to whole house audio depending on your needs, ease of use, and of course budget. I think the biggest challenge would be how to elegantly control the volume in different zones (ie loud in the kitchen, soft in master BR). My setup is not wireless but it is relatively cheap compared to commercial solutions.
Supplies:
– Web enabled receiver (i chose VSX-1121 with built in pandora)
– In-wall speakers (from monoprice)
– Speaker wire (from monoprice)
– A/B/C/D Speaker splitter (from monoprice)
– In-wall volume knobs (from monoprice)
I use zone 2 output on my receiver to the splitter which then goes to all the speakers in the house. I leave the splitter on all zones all the time. I control the receiver using the pioneer smartphone app and leave the volume turned up high. That way i can control the volume/mute in each room independently using the in-wall volume knobs. This only allows a single source to play at a time but that suits my needs perfectly.
If you are looking for something more robust, this might be of interest: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=109&cp_id=10918&cs_id=1091801&p_id=10761&seq=1&format=2
Hopefully this helps with some ideas!
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