When I built my home, I pulled speaker wire and Cat5 to each "zone" and home ran the wires back to my office. I had planned to pick up a multi zone / multi input amp like this Leviton, but never got around to buying the speakers or the electronics. I was disappointed with the speaker choices, so I abandoned the idea. I am reconsidering that now.
Years ago, when I pulled all these wires, you could buy control pads that you install at each zone. The key pads required 8 pair wires (Cat5). They would control the amp. I haven’t looked to see what’s available for at least five years now. I suspect there are better gadgets out there now.
There is a completely different method to running a whole home audio set sup than the Sonos / Squeeze Box option. I am strictly interested in the wired option.
