computer -->acrossHouse--> hi-fi? (Boss says "SEE NO WIRES!") (Why the effort: hi-fi has vintage-1969 BOSE 901 incredible-sounding speakers, backed against old-house HARD plaster wall (ideal/required for the 901's audio backwards-reflection scheme). Method 1: Buy cheap computer for hi-fi AND HOPE wifi reaches (6 plaster wall-faces; see below). (Yes, wifi, transmitted from kitchen computer-site, does nicely reach laptop in basement, but that path is through only ONE wall and one wooden floor.) Method 2: Hang cable from ceilings: kitchen (where PC is), across front hall, living room, and into where hi-fi is. (GUARANTEED RESULT: end up living on the street or in the car!) Method 3: Hire electrician to run cable out kitchen window, around back of house, & into hi-fi's window. Method 4: MY DESIRED IDEAL: (wireless scheme) Concoct scheme to transmit wireless signal from computer, received at hi-fi amp. Distance: 13 yards; Impediments to wireless transmission: must go through three OLD 1945 HOUSE walls, each surfaced with heavy plaster, probably backed with wire mesh, thus 3 * 2 = 6 layers of it (ie one layer on each wall face). Question: how to implement such a solution -- and at a reasonable cost? THANK YOU! David

Do you really need an electrician to do this? Method 5. Run cat-5 or cat-6 cable through small hole in kitchen floor, preferablly under the kitchen sink where no one will see it, along the basement ceiling to a spot under the amp, and up through another small hole. Purchase 3 foot drill bit to go through floors, walls, and ceilings. Purchase a set of baluns for each end of the cat-6. (Hard to find, but you seem to already know how you will terminate your cable.) IIRC, 100 feet for 8 dollars at If it's much more there, then there's a cheaper place.

wrote: LOOKS LIKE A GOOD IDEA! THANK YOU! David

How to play (wirelessly?) audio from PC to hi-fi across house?

Apr 14, 2013 49 Replies

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krw 13 years ago

I accept your proof of illiteracy. Nice job.

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krw 13 years ago

I accept your proof of illiteracy.

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Malcom "Mal" Reynolds 13 years ago

I continue to accept your admission that conservatives aren't in their right mind and you cannot defend your position.

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Malcom "Mal" Reynolds 13 years ago

I continue to accept your admission that conservatives aren't in their right mind and you cannot defend your position.

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krw 13 years ago

Another admission of illiteracy. No one doubts you now.

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krw 13 years ago

You've already proved, past anyone's doubt, that you're illiterate. No need to repeat yourself.

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Denis G. 13 years ago

I use this FM transmitter from CCrane.com:

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I can receive it on any radio in my house. It has decent selectivity (avoiding interference from adjacent stations) so it works well for me. It's available on amazon. There are also other brands you can find there if you search for "FM transmitter".

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David Combs 13 years ago

LOOKS LIKE A GOOD IDEA!

THANK YOU!

David

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David Combs 13 years ago

THANKS!

Will look into it.

David

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Denis G. 13 years ago

I like it. Sorry I mis-spoke about the selectivity issue (I must be getting sleepy). The selectivity only has to do with the radio receiver, not the transmitter.

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