amend the contract and have them run it if not comfortable. Run at least 1 inch to all the areas u think. u can get at least 2 pair of speaker wire in them easy. if u want the equipment in the house u might have to go 2 inch out of the house so it can hold more wire. i run 3 inch to my pool house and from pool house to where i need it 1 inch. the 3 inch held 20 wire each. whether it was speaker wire, camera wires, category internet data wire.
if it were my pool i would run speaker wire for 1 pair or maybe 2 pair of rock speakers. even if 2 pair of rock speakers i would run them off 1 unit. the easiest thing would be a sonos player. that way u have all the streaming services built into 1 box and it powers the speakers. the amp rating for a sonos player with the built in amp is not rated though for 2 pair of speakers. so if u did 2 pair of speakers then i would use something with more power. my choice is nuvo but u have to buy from a dealer. more money but can do everything sonos does but the amor is bigger. but if 1 pr of speakers then sonos is perfect. 1 box solution. app for control. if 2 pr of speakers nuvo again 1 box solution with app control. if u didn't want o go nuvo and dealer route then sonos with an external amp. a cheap one. nothing crazy to run the 2 pair. but i think 1 pair of rocks and u would be fine. for the pool. i don't know what else u got going on around the pool.
so u would locate the sonos in the house where u have internet hookup for it cause u would stream from it. pandora, spotify, you know. . . . then speaker wire would run out of house to locations all in conduit. very easy setup.
will u need better internet coverage for phones for control if outside? if so run a cat6 to the outside and attach a access point to the house where it will be covered and out of sun. i am really liking the ubiqui access points. i just added one outside. its awesome. lights up my whole back yard and part of inside my house now too. they r like 125 dollars.
just some things without knowing much. i can spend ur money anyway u want. lol
rocks r cheap. a pair of proficients can be like 200 a pair for the larger ones. wire is cheap. i would run at least 14 gauge unless ur runs are over 100 feet then i would go 12 gauge which gets more expensive quickly. we usually run 14 and call it a day and have had no issues with customers talking about head loss. the runs in my house are over 100 and i ran 14 gauge for all my zones. never had an issue. i ran 12 for my pool house cause i knew some runs were going to be over 200'. a sonos player is like 350 now i think. a nuvo unit is 600, but bigger amp. you can buy a larger amp for the sonos like i said for under 100 if u want.
just as a side note you will notice and others that i support certain brands. i will explain really quick cause it's not being a fanboy. by buddy's business before i was in the mix did naive and mostly russound. he always said how horrible service was. i came on board 15 years ago and said well why not nuvo. american company, new tech that was pulling from resound so i threw one in my apt. we liked it. support was better. i then but and went full tilt and onboard for nuvo. since that day that's all we do now cause their service is top notch. we get repair turn around in like 24 hrs. support is amazing in the field. so that's why. i also talk about proficient speakers a lot cause as a dealer we get mad mad buys on them certain times and i can pass that right onto a customer so i can give them way more for their money. i also push triad a lot as a high end brand because they are just the best money can buy for cheap to crazy expensive and hey are 100% an american company. they are custom build for our custom theaters which most other companies don't do. so that;s why i speak of the companies i do. yes there are tons of others out there, but that;s what i use and find works with the least amount of calls back from people.
