therockhr Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I have a single EA-1 controlling my whole house! No reason to have an EA-1 per TV unless you had lots of IR devices and really want the OSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cshepard Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 This is what happens when an end-user tries to design their own system before understanding what they need/want. HRT and eggzlot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 10 hours ago, cshepard said: This is what happens when an end-user tries to design their own system before understanding what they need/want. Or this is an end user trying to learn, because there are a large number of dealers who thing they know what they're talking about. I applaud him! When I went through this all the years ago, not one dealer had a straight answer, so I learned in order to find my best dealer and work with him for what I thought was best. sonic30101 and ejn1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3636 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I would take one EA5 and 3 EA1 for OSD. You can add a wifi remote. Cat6 and 10 gigabit mesh. All equipment in a rack. HDMI over IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, ekohn00 said: Or this is an end user trying to learn, because there are a large number of dealers who thing they know what they're talking about. I applaud him! When I went through this all the years ago, not one dealer had a straight answer, so I learned in order to find my best dealer and work with him for what I thought was best. in an isolated instance yes that is possible given all the questions about networking, and now 10 EA1s and his refusal to acknowledge what recommendations his dealer or dealers (if still getting quotes) have suggested have me believe he is designing it on his own. Its one thing to come around here and say so I got ABC quote from Dealer 1, and Dealer 2 is giving me XYZ quote. Why would someone design it this way vs that way, etc. I agree learning about C4 products via their website isnt super easy and you cannot go into a store and usually play with these things so sure I always want to help someone new. But it also gets to a point where someone should look at some professional help given that is how the system was created and designed to be installed. It is hard for us arm chair quarterbacks to give the best answers because we aren't walking the floor plan of the house, getting written requirements of what is needed from the system, etc. More power to him (if it winds up working well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 For the $ you are going to spend on 10 EA1 just get MoIP. Also for this big of a project highly recommend a CA-10. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/15/2021 at 9:20 PM, cshepard said: This is what happens when an end-user tries to design their own system before understanding what they need/want. I've seen plenty of times on here where people show quotes from dealers where they have put an EA-1 (or previously HC-250) at every TV. I think Control4 guides actually recommend dealers do this. I dont get it. The EA-1 is the best deal in the custom integration channel. Super powerful. Yeah it doesnt have many IO ports or audio but with all the IP controlled devices and other sources for audio, who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, therockhr said: Yeah it doesnt have many IO ports or audio but with all the IP controlled devices and other sources for audio, who cares? Just wondering - what other sources would you recommend for audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, zaphod said: Just wondering - what other sources would you recommend for audio? I wouldn’t say I would recommend it but I have a single Sonos connect as the audio to a Russound MCA-C5. It works great. I’m fine with a single source for whole home and also fine with using the Sonos app to browse music. I just got a Sonos one for my office and it works great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 In some instances I want a proper audio source to feed an AVR or other local amp. In those instances an EA-1 is kind of crippled. That's one reason that I bought up a bunch of used HC-800s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 3/16/2021 at 9:25 AM, eggzlot said: in an isolated instance yes that is possible given all the questions about networking, and now 10 EA1s and his refusal to acknowledge what recommendations his dealer or dealers (if still getting quotes) have suggested have me believe he is designing it on his own. I do agree that it appears that he has the budget to at least have talked to a few dealers. Your point above had me thinking same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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