Wired for Sound

I am really excited about some sound gear I have ordered. Allow me to take you on a tour. As valuable background information: I will be moving in a few weeks and will have some rooms that I don’t have speakers for.

My current surround sound setup will go in the basement with the TV. That leaves me without anything reasonable for the main floor. So I’ve come up with the following little arrangement.

Harman/Kardon 3490 stereo receiver in the living room. This receiver will power the living room and dining room. I expect the primary inputs to be auxilary and the an optical connection from an Apple Airport Express.

The living room will feature JBL L830 speakers. The pair of speakers will be accompanied by an Infinity PS212 subwoofer.

In the dining room I plan to mount a pair of JBL LS326W in-wall speakers. This took a while to come to. I decided to go with in-wall speakers that will mount low on the wall, for a nice background music setup. Final placement hasn’t been decided, but I am hopeful that I can come up with a setup whereby the number of guide holes I would have to punch in the basement ceiling are minimal.

For outside I have a pair of Infinity Outrigger speakers. I am not sure I will install these, but it’s a solid maybe. The back yard is not such that it facilitates loud gatherings so it may be a bit overkill in this initial setup.

And finally, for the garage, a pair of Infinity P152 speakers. Originally these speakers were selected for my living room, but at the 11th hour I decided to go with the aforementioned JBL speakers. The P152s are tried and true, and will most certainly be welcome in any room.

At the end of the day I’m really excited about the possibilities that these purchases offer. Placing them and installing them will be a lot of fun. I can’t wait to hear them.