Looking for a good speaker system.

[BonzerChicken]

Hi, im renovating a house and looking for a good speaker system to put in. the house is shaped in kind of an octagon shape. in the middle is a pool and has a mezzanine on the one side over it. Looking to put speakers hanging from the roof above it. I would like blue tooth or wifi capabilities for the speaker. I dont know what I need when it comes to subwoofer etc. Im looking to probably stay under $1000. I was looking at these speakers http/www.fullcompass.com/prod/281133-JBL-Control-28T-60-USED-ITEM maybe putting 4 of them up.

EDIT:
so talked to owner and budget is around $1500-2000 instead of $1000 and wanting 6-8 speakers over just 4

 

[boosted1g]

You would likely be better off getting a wifi receiver to drive the speakers. Yamaha makes some good network controllable receivers that can stream music from wifi or Bluetooth.

If you were looking to signal each speaker via Bluetooth or wifi then only 1 speaker would work per source, AND they would need their own amplifier and power source for each speaker. Running speaker cable from a receiver to the speakers will be much easier/better overall.

Your needs are very unclear. First of all we don't even know how many speakers you want, nor do we know if these are supposed to be in one room or multi-zone setup throughout the house.

 

[Rogue Leader]

If you're renovating the house you're far better served getting some in ceiling speakers like these:

http/smile.amazon.com/JBL-SP8CII--Ceiling-Speaker-Tweeter/dp/B000MFT4TG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440013817&sr=8-1&keywords=jbl+ceiling+speakers

And then wiring them to a SONOS connect

http/smile.amazon.com/SONOS-CONNECT-Wireless-Amplifier-Streaming/dp/B001CROHU4/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1440013848&sr=8-9&keywords=sonos

That AMP can run 4 speakers if you run them in series, or buy this:

http/smile.amazon.com/CONNECT-Wireless-Receiver-Component-Streaming/dp/B001CROHX6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1440013848&sr=8-5&keywords=sonos

And connect it to a nice 4 channel amp like this:

http/smile.amazon.com/AudioSource-AMP-100-Stereo-Power-Amplifier/dp/B00026BQJ6/ref=sr_1_5?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1440013963&sr=1-5&keywords=4+channel+amplifier

 

[BonzerChicken]

Yeah the house is being redone, heres a photo of it . (this is a rough drawing) Across from the stairs is the mez, and the mez also goes above the mech and bathroom. The place is around 1600sq ft. Yes Rough Leader, its being redone and the electricians will install everything all I have to do is figure out what we want (and im kind of clueless haha).

Another thing also is that the roof isnt really a flat roof, it is a bunch of beams across which I was thinking of hanging the speakers to. Ill try to get a photo to give a better idea of what it looks like!

 

[Rogue Leader]

Yeah so then definitely follow my idea, you will get good solid power out of the speakers, and all the connectivity you want by using the sonos. Personally I would do the Sonos Connect and the amplifier I mentioned with those 4 JBL speakers. I have them in my house they are great. Wire each speaker to the speaker outs of the amp, and then connect the sonos to your network and an RCA cable from the sonos to the amp. On the back of the amp is an auto on switch which allows the amp to switch on and off on its own depending if it gets a signal. So you can hook this all up and control it right from your phone, from the SONOS app.

You don't need a subwoofer unless you really want one, if you do you can hook it to the line 2 out from the amp via RCA cables. IMHO its not worth it.

EDIT:

if you don't have a flat roof check out these:

http/smile.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-T15-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B002RJLHB8/ref=sr_1_3?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1440015770&sr=1-3&keywords=bookshelf+speakers

And then just use wall mounts and run the wiring to the amp across the tops of the beams and then through the wall. If you want top double the speakers you can get a second amp like the one I mentioned, run the SONOS connect into the line 2 in, then the line 2 out of the amp to the line 2 in of the second amp, now you have 8 channels off your sonos.

Wall mounts such as these:

hhttp/smile.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Universal-Satellite-Speaker-Bracket/dp/B005BV0FHG/ref=sr_1_4?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1440015991&sr=1-4&keywords=bookshelf+speakers+wall+mounts

 

[BonzerChicken]

Heres a view to give you an idea where the mez is and what the roof looks like http/i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh193/BonzerChicken/Cabin%20Rough%202.jpg and heres a view from the mez http/i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh193/BonzerChicken/Cabin%20Rough%201.jpg

The roof is 20ft from the bottom so sounds going to have to travel a far way down!

Its a big room and a big project so Im definitely not scared of going expensive. Want lots of bumping sound!

 

[Rogue Leader]

Want to bump?

2 of these:

http/smile.amazon.com/AudioSource-150-Watt-Stereo-450-Watt-Amplifier/dp/B0013D36Z4/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1440017913&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=AudioSource+AMP+310

And 4 pairs of these:

http/smile.amazon.com/Cerwin-SL5M-2-Way-Satellite-Speaker/dp/B00J8T6BE8/ref=sr_1_28?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1440016497&sr=1-28&keywords=bookshelf+speakers

Controlled by the SONOS i mentioned earlier.

 

[BonzerChicken]

Why is there 4 pairs of amps? wouldnt it be easier to get 1 good one? Im not positive i understand

 

[Rogue Leader]

Why is there 4 pairs of amps? wouldnt it be easier to get 1 good one? Im not positive i understand

4 pairs of speakers, 2 amps, each amp is 4 channels, so 8 speakers you need 2 amps. Keep in mind these are "dumb" power amps. Sure you could get a home theater amp that will do 8 channels, it also wont put out nearly as much clean power, if you want bumping music in a distributed audio system, discrete amps like this are the way to go.

EDIT: Just noticed the link in my last post was showing the wrong amp for some reason, I have updated it now.

 

[BonzerChicken]

With this option would I have the capability of just shutting off one set of 4 speakers? That would work perfect for me to. Thanks for all the help!!

 

[Rogue Leader]

With this option would I have the capability of just shutting off one set of 4 speakers? That would work perfect for me to. Thanks for all the help!!

Yeah you can just turn off the amp to those 4 speakers manually. If you wanted to go fancier you could run 2 SONOS boxes 1 to each amp, as the app allows you to sync or seperate the signal they are playing so you could just disable the one you don't want playing.