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Originally Posted by CrAzyEasy223
You should really get a receiver with network capabilities that has Chromecast Built-In so you do not need to make a bluetooth connection every time you want to listen to music or podcasts from the ceiling speakers. The audio quality will be much better since you are sending the signal over WiFi and also does not require your phone to be line of sight or near the receiver to stay connected. You can find receivers with this technology for as little as $349.99.
If you are just going to be listening to music on the ceiling speakers, I would also recommend looking in to the new Sonos amp. that just came out at the end of last year. https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/amp.html
Utilizing something like that would then allow you to add additional Sonos speakers throughout your home if you ever decided you wanted a multi-room audio setup.
I am actually very surprised the builder would recommend Bluetooth because that is your worst possible option for what you want to do. That concerns me that they do not know what they are doing.
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this is all very helpful - I didn't even think of getting a receiver that could connect over WiFi instead of bluetooth.
honestly, our whole meeting with the "tech" guy was a bit confusing. they offered a complete speaker system throughout the house, which he said would come with a receiver and could all be controlled through an app. but that was way too expensive and we didn't need wired-in ceiling speakers upstairs. so we decided to just go with 6 speakers downstairs - 2 on the screened porch, 2 in the living room, and 2 in the kitchen.
I kept asking him if I'd be able to control the volume from my phone with that configuration (i.e. if I'm listening to apple music or a podcast and want to turn it up down, I didn't want to have to go to the wall to adjust the volume), and at first he was seemed to insinuate I needed the full package to do that, but then he was like well you just need to get a receiver that can support that.
so will my pre-wired speakers then be plugged in somewhere to a receiver that I need to purchase? or does the receiver just plug somewhere into the wall and it syncs with the speakers?
forgive these questions as I am a complete noob when it comes to this so any guidance is appreciated.
edit: I should mention that I'm the one that mentioned bluetooth, the tech guy didn't say that. I don't even think we discussed playing it over WiFi