[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by me_dennis

I just bought a house and it has speakers built into the ceilings in two rooms (master bedroom and kitchen). There are also volume control knobs in the respective rooms.

I have done some digging around, and it looks like the house is also pre-wired for speakers in the basement. I'm hoping to turn the basement into a home theatre room in the near future.

I am pretty new to the home theatre game, and I was wondering if I could get some advice and tips on what the best way to set everything up is.

The first thing I'd like to do is to be able to use the built in speakers to play music through my mobile device, preferably by streaming. I know that I will need to buy a receiver. How would I hook this up? The wires are all wired to the basement furnace room. What type of receiver would I need, and what sort of functions would it need to have? (ie airplay, network, multi-zone, etc). Also, how much would I be looking at spending for a receiver? I'd likely have a budget of around 700. I would prefer to spend less, but would be willing to spend more if I could use the receiver when I set up a home theatre in the future.

Are there any forums that I could read to educate myself?

Thanks in advance.

Take a look at Sonos for multi room audio.