I did a search for Mortronics in Google and found nothing helpful. Could
you be more specific or give me a link to a site that sells the products
that you are talking about? Thanks.

David Jensen

"Kurt Albershardt" wrote in message
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Scott Dorsey wrote:
David Jensen wrote:

I am setting up a whole house audio system consisting of in ceiling
speakers
linked to Phoenix Gold Transformerless volume controls which are
connected
to an impedance adjusting Phoenix Gold SAM Panel. I am planning on
using my
PC to feed line level audio signals to an amplifier that will power the
SAM
Panel.


Why? This sounds like a really silly way of getting around using a 70V
system. The 70V distribution stuff is a lot simpler, probably more
reliable, and if you use good transformers it can sound good.

Add some 70V Mortronics attenuators and you're there.



I need some advice on what brands you would recommend on the lower end
of
the spectrum. By that I mean as far below $100/pair as you say that I
can
safely go. Understand that these are not being used for home theater.
Rather they are just so that the music - pop, classical, Christian
contemporary can follow one throughout a rather large house. I don't
have a
critical ear and so don't want to pay more for something that I or most
people wouldn't hear.


I don't know of anything down there. The Tannoy in-ceiling stuff is not
bad at all but it's around $100 per speaker. Even going with something
like the 8" full-range Atlas drivers that you see used in supermarket
paging systems, you'll be paying around $60/pair, and I wouldn't want
that
stuff in my home.

Quam has some coax drivers that sound okay if their backs are properly
enclosed. Haven't bought anything like that in about ten years, but they
can be had at a very attractive price if you can get contractor pricing from
the right distributor.