Under floor home audio Install advise

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I'm just planning out my install and buying the bits i need, but i don't really know a great deal about audio cables so could do with some tips.

The tricky thing is, as it stands right now, i don't have any components, Amp, speakers etc due to our house being mid renovation and it being fairly far down the priorities list. However I will need to plaster over the cable conduits and lay the floors soon, so that we can move forward.

So what i'm trying to do is make sure i've got the right wiring in place for when we do get something, because i'm not ripping up the floor again! Its a fairly small room 3m x 4m and its never going to have some massive system. Just something good for films and a bit of music.

i was going to use the nexxia modular system - http://www.nexxia.co.uk/products.asp?section=Audio...

NX-WPM-009 Subwoofer Phono White Wall Plate Modular Insert x 2
NX-WPM-061 Speaker 4mm Banana Socket Euro Modular wall Insert x 4

So what cables should i be using under the floors? Is my plan going to work for a mini home cinema setup, or have i made some massive error?

i'm fine with all the coaxial, sat cables, phone etc, its just the audio stuff i don't have a clue about.

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It's a very small area, roughly a 4m x 3m box. Which is why i didn't want to just slap in the bigest/best cables i could afford only to find that the audio kit i'd need to use them would be far too excessive given the space.

2.5mm is what i'd been looking at, is there any kind of minium system requirements for this?

i'd guess the total length of the sub phono cable including the run under the floor would be less than 5meters. There may never be a sub, but its good to have options. I've got so much other stuff on with the rest of the house that i don't have the time to research what we'd like/need.

Thanks for the links, here is my amazing current setup

DavidY said:

What distances are you talking about. The sub cable ideally should be less than 10m.

Personally I would use Van Damme cabling for the speaker cable. Their Blue studio range is good no-nonsense cable and cost effective. It comes in different sizes but I would suggest either 1.5mm or 2.5mm, the latter would definitely future proof the system for upgrades.

http://www.vdctrading.com/products_gridview.asp?Su...

and their unbalanced patch cable will be fine for the sub-woofer

http://www.vdctrading.com/products_gridview.asp?Su...

Hope that helps

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NIIKME said:

Is that a blue'y youre watching there

pfff...i wish. It was a terrible film with Sandra Bullock, that my girlfriend wanted watch - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477071/

dont watch it

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in-depth response there!

I appreciate i should learn more about this before installing sockets etc. But i know roughly what i would like and it won't be anything near as involved as your setup sounds. If the rest of the house was sound then i would be really going to town on this. Alas things like the heating system and leaking pipes seem more pressing right now!

If i can not have speaker wire trailing along the skirting boards then i'll be pretty happy.