So I’m looking to purchase a house soon, and before I paint I want to set up wiring in the house for a cloud-free smart home.
I currently rent an apartment. I have a home server running unraid with home assistant, and can run whatever server software I want to run. I’m looking at upgrading to a townhouse. Before I have someone come in and paint, I want to wire things for my ideal smart home.
My main focus will be networking and speakers.
I want to set up a server closet for my lab. I plan to get mikrotik switches. I currently plan on using tp-link omada APs for each floor.
I’m less confident in the speaker setup.
System Audio Inputs:
- TV in living room
- TV in bedroom
- Computer in office
- Computer in bedroom#2
- Any mobile device
audio out:
- Living room
- office
- bedroom (x2)
- kitchen
- primary bathroom
I’m imagining having a receiver for all the TV inputs/outputs and a central one for the bathroom, kitchen. I’m unsure about the office.
Cost is not a problem, I’m okay with 10-15k on the equipment for this.
What kind of amps/receivers would work best?
I use the Amplipi from Micro-Nova for whole-home audio and I love it. It’s local, open source and has a Home Assistant integration.
The main unit has 6 zones, but expansions units can be added. I think it supports up to 4 simultaneous streams. We use 2x AirPlay streams, and a turn table connected via RCA, but many other options are supported. They detail it all on their website and GitHub repo.