My home Sonos and networking rack
Posted Mar 31, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC
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What’s the OG Mac Pro doing?
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It's running Airmessage, a service that allows me to get iMessage texts on my samsung phone
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good grief, is it really worth the energy cost/hassle for that? Or does it have other utility?
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It's doing anything else right now and i'm working on selling it and replacing it with a mac mini
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What is on the poweredge
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VMWare ESXi running a media server, a virtual NAS, two minecraft servers, a web server, a vpn server and a firewall
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Nice little home lab and media setup. I let my hosts go into disrepair and I transcode on an old ds1515+ myself. Need to consider an upgrade one day.
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Is that a custom rack for the amps?
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I can't tell if it's labeled as that, but it's a standard U(nit)-rack, also used for servers and there's a Dell R710 in the bottom of it :)
The new Sonos port is standard U size for rack mounting.
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Middle Atlantic makes one and it's reasonably priced. rsha-sonos-amp2, rsha-sonos-amp4, and rsha-sonos-amp6
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Looks good!
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Nice but looks top heavy. I'd move the AR to the bottom.
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The R710 is 25kg and the UPS is probably hefty too. So there's al lot of weight in the bottom too.
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It's actually quite bottom heavy, the server is 26kg, the UPS above it is heavy and the Amp above that is 21kg
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That’s a bigass receiver
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Very nice setup 👍 Just curious what araknis and not UniFi?
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My dad is a SnapAV dealer and we get araknis products at wholesale
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Hey, where's the flux capacitor?
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🔥
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Nice Integra avr.
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What/how are you using the two bass dials/switches on the lower part?
What is their input/output path.
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One of those sonos connects goes to the first input on the 12 channel amp and it's split to the bass knob which goes to the second input on the 12 channel amp and powers an outdoor subwoofer.
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Slightly overkill 😂
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Nice rack
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Nice! I thought I was in r/homelab. I was confused by all the overkill comments lol.
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Dear lord, you Americans have the urge to mostly go overkill when possible, haha, even on home solutions! Looks complicated and very power hungry, but also ordentely and well laid out, compliments. Seems more suited for a small business though, if you know what I mean.
Yeah it is kind of overkill, my dad sells and installs AV equipment so he gets this stuff cheap or sometimes free from old installations.
That’s very cool and you most likely have the tools of the trade to carry on his legacy or start your own business.
Never had a relationship with mine just listening scream all day long with his mental illness. Feelsbadman.jpg
They love to burn those fossil fuels eh
Sadly yes, but hopefully we will get solar soon