Well, Nige, I know it's not *simple* -- I'm trying to cut through all the things I don't need to be thinking about so I can educate myself about the salient details I do need.

I'm pretty comfortable with the input side -- I know I can either get an integrated thingie with CD, AM/FM and Aux plug -- I have one on the top of my fridge now. It's going from that to something that lets me send the signal to several sets of speakers, and how I can control the flow.

I'm looking at wireless solutions, based on some recommendations at Musicians Collaboration. I know I can stream from my Macbook but don't really want to (the central unit will be in the kitchen and I don't want my laptop in the cooking area -- and I hope to have a special shelf for the audio, where the laptop won't fit).

But I'm looking at Amphony products -- it looks like I can pipe the audio to a transmitter, and send the audio to receivers elsewhere (which connect to speakers). That may be the solution, giving me some flexibility in speaker choice -- I'd have to give up the idea of in-wall which may be fine. I need to learn more about what I can and can't do with that set-up though.

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