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Dozens of speakers blanket every corner with music. </span> <div style="border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC;margin-bottom:6px;margin-right:2px;margin-top:4px;"></div> <b style="line-height:10pt; font-size:10pt;">Slideshow</b><br /> <div class="pad1"></div> <a href="/slideshow/category/824/171/" title="View slideshow" alt="View slideshow"> <img src="/images/common/eh_icons_ss.jpg" border="0" alt="image" name="image" width="52" height="36" align="left" /><div class="pad3"></div><b>View Slideshow</b></a><br clear="left" /> <div class="pad2"></div> </div> <div id="fb-root" style="margin:-4px -10px 8px 0px; padding:2px; height:24px; width:310px; border-top:1px dotted #CCC; border-bottom:1px dotted #CCC;"> <script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=184884124901443&xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="http://www.electronichouse.com/article/30k_music_system_features_49_speakers" send="false" width="310" show_faces="false" font="Arial"></fb:like></div><div class="break"></div> <div id="storybody" style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:16px;"> <div class="bodybullets"> March 20, 2007 | by <a href="mailto:lmontgomery@ehpub.com">Lisa Montgomery</a><div class="pad2"></div> <p>Home systems installers always recommend allocating the largest part of your electronics budget to products and systems you enjoy most. </p> <p>If you’re a home theater buff, for example, putting most of your money into a huge screen and a high-quality projector makes sense. Similarly, if you can’t get enough of Xbox, you’ll want to spend more on gaming equipment than you would, say, on a TV for your bedroom. </p> <p>In Marge and Chuck Dushek’s case, a system that could spread music everywhere both inside and outside the residence would consume most of the cash set aside for electronic enhancements. Although the decision would end up costing them more than $30,000, it ultimately helped the couple save money on other items. </p> <p>“Because the Dusheks focused their funds on one system, money wasn’t wasted on scrupulous items they wouldn’t really use anyway,” explains Ken Walker of Sound Design Systems, the Winfield, IL–based firm hired to integrate an extensive audio distribution system into the new 7,500-square-foot home. “Like the Dusheks, many of my customers want high-quality audio systems, but they also want three plasma TVs and distributed video. Because the Dusheks didn’t spread their budget across several different systems, I could spoil them with their music system.”</p> <p><b>Blanketing the Home in Sound</b><br /> Before any spoiling could happen, Ken had to get a feel for what sort of listening the Dusheks planned on doing. With so much focus placed on a single system, one might expect Marge and Chuck to be hardcore audiophiles. That couldn’t be further from the truth. </p> <p>“We like listening to music, sure,” says Chuck, “but we had never experienced satellite radio and had typically listened to music in just one or two rooms.” The notion of having music everywhere, however, was appealing to them. “We figured music was something we could enjoy all the time,” Chuck adds, “unlike a home theater where you use it only for a specific event.”</p> <p>To keep the system under their $30,000 budget, Ken and his business partner at the time, Mike Gryzik, would use a variety of speakers—higher-end models for key listening areas and less expensive units for other parts of the house. </p> <p>“Marge and I walked room to room while the house was being framed to visualize how each space was going to be used,” Ken explains. The music-planning tour took several hours and involved climbing ladders to reach some of the unfinished portions of the residence. In the end, they decided to deck out the great room, master bedroom and a sitting area off the kitchen with high-grade in-wall and in-ceiling speakers from Sonance. The rest of the house received less-expensive in-ceiling speakers from Sonance and Elan. A total of 49 speakers were incorporated, blanketing every square inch of the residence with sound. Even the steam shower and walk-in closet have their own speakers. </p> <p>“There are absolutely no dead zones in this house, which is quite an accomplishment, considering its size,” says Ken. “Having subtle music wrapped around you at all times takes music listening to a new dimension. It’s very therapeutic,” Chuck notes.</p> <p><b>Touchpanel Investment Pays Off</b><br /> In addition to being therapeutic, the Elan System 6 whole-house audio system has introduced the Dusheks to new varieties of music. Ken added a Polk XM tuner, Elan dual AM/FM tuner and an Elan VIA! dj Series music server to the setup. Chuck and Marge can access the many sources—all of which are stowed in an equipment room in the basement—from any of five Elan Z250 keypads or the Elan VIA! 64 touchpanel found in the office. The $2,000 touchpanel was never a part of the original plan, but after two months of pressing keypad buttons to find music on the media server, the Dusheks decided to upgrade. </p> <p>“The touchscreen has made a huge difference,” Chuck confirms. “We can see the pictures of the album covers instead of just the titles. Often a title doesn’t ring a bell, but when we see the cover, we know immediately what the music will be.” The Dusheks can pick a song by scrolling through a list of music stored on the server, or they can skip to a menu of special playlists compiled for them by Ken. “We have a playlist of instrumental music for quiet evenings at home and another playlist of upbeat music with vocals for parties,” says Chuck. “I also put together a compilation of Sinatra tunes, Latin music and even German beer-drinking tunes,” Ken adds. </p> <p>The Elan system offers the homeowners the opportunity to play different songs in different areas simultaneously. “When we host parties, it’s nice to be able to segment the music by putting on something lively outside and bringing it down with some Kenny G inside,” says Chuck. The exterior of the house is as well covered as the inside, with 13 speakers pumping out tunes on the extra-large front porch, veranda and deck. Even the garage has a pair of in-wall Sonance speakers and wall-mounted volume control. </p> <p>Fortunately, volume doesn’t seem to be an issue. “The speakers outside are positioned so well that the music never seems to bother our neighbors,” Chuck notes. But cranking it up really isn’t in the Dusheks’ nature anyway. They prefer to keep things quiet and peaceful. “Sitting on the front porch on Saturday and Sunday mornings with the music playing softly is one of our favorite things to do,” says Chuck. “Music adds to the tranquility of the morning. It feels as natural as listening to the wind whistle through the trees. When there’s no music, I almost feel uncomfortable.” </p> <p><b>Equipment List</b> </p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> MM650C in-ceiling speakers (20)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> MM650D in-ceiling speakers (3)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Symphony in-wall speakers (4)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Virtuoso in-wall speakers (2)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Symphony XTR in-ceiling speakers (9)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Symphony XSSTR in-ceiling speaker </li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Ellipse in-ceiling speakers (2)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Mariner 100 outdoor speakers (2)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Mariner Jr. outdoor speakers (2)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Symphony 624TR in-ceiling speakers (3)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sonance.com/">Sonance</a> Symphony CR101SST in-ceiling speaker</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> VIA! 64 touchpanel</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> Z250 keypads (5)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> VS100 volume controls (16)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> D1201 power amp</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a>D1651 power amp</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> System 6 multiroom controller</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> VIA! dj Series music server</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> dual digital tuner</li> <li> <a href="http://www.polkaudio.com/">Polk Audio</a> XM tuner</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> Z880 video switcher</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> SC4 serial controller </li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> PVIA4 patch panel</li> <li> <a href="http://www.elanhomesystems.com/">Elan</a> ZPWR power sources (2)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.middleatlantic.com/">Middle Atlantic</a> Slim 5 equipment rack</li> <li> <a href="https://secure.libertycable.com/">Liberty Wire & Cable</a> cabling</li> <li> <a href="http://www.panasonic.com">Panasonic</a> 37-inch plasma TV</li> </ul> <p><b>Electronics Design & Installation</b><br /> Sound Design Systems, Winfield, IL <br /> <a href="http://www.sounddesignsystems.com">www.sounddesignsystems.com</a></p> <p><b>Architect</b><br /> Jonathan Bieritz,<br /> JB Architecture Group, Naperville, IL<br /> <a href="http://www.jbarchitecture.com/">www.jbarchitecture.com</a> </p></i> <div style="margin-bottom:4px;font-size:95%;"></div> <br clear="left" /> <div id="bioBox" > <div style="width:95px; float:left; "><img src="http://www.electronichouse.com/images/member_photos/photo_15.jpg" xheight="85" width="85" /><br /> 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Thanks </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="commentbox2"> <div class="commentedge"> <div class="padleft10"> <div class="commentbyline">Posted by Random Browser on 03/22/07 at 09:35 AM</div> <div class="commenttext"> <p>I would have to agree. While you may pick at the quality and calibur of the speakers provided, trying to get a set of 10K speakers to fit the room you are in is a difficult proposition when that room was never designed for the speakers in the first place!</p> <p>When you try to get an enveloping sound in a variety of different locations, including a walk-in closet, you know that it will be difficult. But also thinking that you are going to be sitting motionless in the same position in each room in the house while listennig to the music is also a bit unrealistic.</p> <p>I have not looked at the equipment used in their main room, or if they have a special “audio room” set aside for particular enjoyment of any individual piece, but $30K, enough for a decent car, seems to be a rather significant price for a house system of this level.</p> <p>You spend any more than that, you might as just wear earphones or something, get a smaller house, or realize that tehre are better things in life than the 5th harmonic ;) </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="commentbox2"> <div class="commentedge"> <div class="padleft10"> <div class="commentbyline">Posted by hdtvprice.com on 03/21/07 at 08:32 AM</div> <div class="commenttext"> <p>it depends on setting. expensive speakers not always good choice for some setting. Of course your B&W is sounds good with matching components. Try that with 7500 sq ft room. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="commentbox2"> <div class="commentedge"> <div class="padleft10"> <div class="commentbyline">Posted by capolan on 03/20/07 at 07:13 PM</div> <div class="commenttext"> <p>not to be rude or anything, nor to say that I have 30k to spend on speakers….but, 30k for that many speakers, 49 I believe—those speakers aren’t that good. My front speakers alone are 10k, a top of the line surround system - useing say B&W 802s as fronts can run 16k or more easily… particularly when you start putting in 4k or more for a high quality subwoofer. 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