ClassicMuscle

From an audio perspective only, what is better for distribution for 21 zones? Doing a Triad 16 and Triad 8 (stacked properly) or doing Binary Moip audio senders for each audio zone? Not worried so much about the audio quality, just looking for which will be most dependable, work the smoothest in the C4 app, and play continuously without crashing. My wife and I like to keep either Pandora or Sirius XM playing softly in the various zones (probably 5-6 zones) nearly 24 hours a day. It's like "mall music" in the house to us and when the music is off, we feel like something is missing, lol.

But what is your opinion on stacking the Triad 18 and 8 zone amp to cover the 21 audio zones vs simply getting one larger audio matrix? Do you agree that stacking them is generally not a great idea?

This is not good to hear. I had heard the Triad Amps fail, but had not heard their Matrix isn't good or they shouldn't be stacked. And my wife and I use the audio in the home alot, we literally have it playing all the time, for background music. We're not really worried about audio quality, just that it plays and doesn't cut in/out and plays continuously. Can I ask what some better brands for the Audio Matrix would have been than Triad? Considering I needed to cover 21 zones?

We are pretty simple there. We just have His/Her Apple TV, and His/Her Xfinity cable boxes. And then another Apple TV for the theater room.

Need some quick opinions here guys, I have (2) C4 integrators telling me different things. House has 21 audio zones, and 7 TV zones. Company A wants to install AV Pro Edge MXNET-1G's for video distribution and then have the audio done by stacking a 16 zone Triad Matrix on an 8 zone Triad Matrix to cover the 21 audio zones. Company B is saying this not good, and that audio Matrix's can mess up when stacked? They are saying they would have used (28) Binary MoIP's to cover both the audio and video zones, and then simply had Binary MoIP power the amplifiers vs mixing AV Pro with Triad products. Who is right here? Company B is also claiming this is a smarter move because Binary MoIP will allow IP control of TV's easier and it's a more reliable Snap AV product?

@msgreenf @CTMatthew I purchased a 9,000 SF home recently that had an existing & extensive Ubiquiti Network and Ubiquiti Camera system in place (15-16 total cameras). It says "Dream Machine Pro" when I log into the Protect App to see the cameras, if that matters. We are now converting the home to Control 4, can you tell me if the Ubiquiti cameras can be ported into C4? My other house has LUMA, and it works great with C4, I hope Ubiquiti cameras do too.

Thanks. Any further thoughts on the AVPro Edge AC-MXNET vs Binary (which does have Eth pass through)? I am still at the point where we could return things and shoot for IP control. I have pretty much all LG TV's. I guess the IR control doesn't bother me, and maybe it is OK for my integration? My wife and I are using two centralized Apple TV's and Cable Boxes, so the TV's are basically used as monitors only, we don't control the TV functions (or want to).

Can anyone speak with me on the advantages of IP control vs IR control? Are most integrations today being done with IP or IR control? The project cost for this house will be in the $100-200K range, so I want it done right.

The home is actually currently on a Ubiquiti network with multiple Ubiquiti access points, network switches, and even 14-15 UB cameras. Does anyone know if the Ubiquiti cameras can be integrated into C4? I have LUMA at my lake house, and the integration with C4 is great. My new house came with all the Ubiquiti stuff from a prior owner, and I'm hoping it will all work with C4.

My proposal says AVPro Edge AC-MXNET-1G-AVDM-EV2. Is this superior to Binary MoIP? Or should I have just gone with Binary?

Hello--I am currently working with two different integrators on my large home with 7-8 TV zones. Company #1 convinced me to go with AV Pro Edge and original told me we would do IP control and no IR--so things like Siri Voice would work--but when they did the install last week they told me they had to use IR because we only had (1) network wire behind each TV and it need to used for the AV Pro balun, not the TV. And without having the TV on a wired network, he did not recommend IP control (I agree with this). Company #2 told me I should have used Binary/MoIP, not AV Pro, because Binary has an in/out network port on the balun which allows (1) network cable to do everything and no IR is needed for the TV? Which company is correct here? This is my 3rd or 4th house with Control 4, so I'm a little versed in what goes on. I went with AV Pro because I thought it was a top brand and I've had baluns burn out/go bad at some of my other properties (mostly Altona brand). I just hope I didn't make a mistake by going with AV Pro vs Binary MoIP. Please advise.

That worked! Thank you sir! Merry Christmas!

When you hit Listen in OS3, I noticed it recently displays shortcut channels at the top and says "Recently Played." However, it appears to only show Sirius XM channels? If I listen to a Pandora station or different source it is not displayed in "Recently Displayed?"

So I guess that plastic clear piece removes and you can just place a printed paper label behind it? How does this work?

We just had a keypad DS2 installed and that was my girlfriend's first reaction: How do visitors know which button to press? My integrator is saying to put a label like "Doorbell" up in that lighted part? Can anyone even tell me what that lighted part is for on the DS2? We had to get the keypad version to actuate a deadbolt door lock on front door. I will admit it's a bit confusing to have both a "call/phone" button and a "ring" button to the right of the circled area. Maybe both those buttons could be programmed to ring the door bell?