What Kind of Music Can You Listen to With Whole Home Audio?
There’s more available than music streaming!
How are you currently listening to music in your Palm Beach, FL home? Does everyone in your family listen to streaming music on their smartphones? Do you lug a portable CD player from room to room? Or do you confine your music listening to the living room, where your solitary set of speakers is located?
There’s a better way for your entire family to listen to the music they want, wherever they want it. A whole home audio system supplies sound to speakers in multiple rooms via centralized source components. You can play the same music throughout the house or different playlists in different areas. Best of all, you can control the entire system from a single device like a smartphone or touchscreen tablet.
And you’re not confined to only listening to streaming services like Pandora or Spotify. Along with streaming, you can connect a range of music sources to your audio system. Keep reading to learn more!
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Vinyl Records
Vinyl records are always in style. And with whole home audio, you can put your massive stack of them to use playing rock n’ roll or smooth jazz across the house. If you already own a vintage turntable, you’ll need to buy a piece of equipment that connects your turntable to a receiver or amplifier: a phono preamp. The phono preamp corrects sound imbalances and boosts the turntable’s weak audio signals so that your music sounds smooth and robust. Now, some receivers and amplifiers have a phono input. If yours does, you can plug the turntable directly into that slot.
If you don’t have a turntable already, considering purchasing one with a built-in phono preamp. Then you can plug the turntable directly into your receiver. Once your turntable is correctly connected to the sound system, you can distribute vinyl music to any room with speakers.
CDs
These days, CDs seem about as old-fashioned as vinyl records. One significant sign of the shifting trends in music-listening is that few new cars come with CD players. But that doesn’t mean you need to throw away your beloved collection of CDs. Most receivers and amplifiers have input connections for a portable or standalone CD player. It really is that easy — wire a CD player to your system component and send your favorite tracks to one or multiple rooms in the house.
TV
A good receiver or amp will also have an input connection for your TV. Once your TV is hooked up to the sound system, you can listen to YouTube videos, TV shows, and movies throughout your house. If you have a smart TV with built-in apps (or a streaming device like Roku, Chromecast, or Fire TV Stick), you can also distribute music and radio streaming services from your TV to anywhere in the house.
Are you ready to upgrade the audio experience in your Palm Beach, FL home? The team at ForceAV is here to help you find the right sound system that meets your budget, home design, and music preferences. Give us a call or fill out an online contact form to get in touch with our experts. We look forward to working with you!
